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WORDS 

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GOOD—CHEER 

ARELIGIO POLITICAL TREATISE 

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Part First. 

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~* ^f— • By E. Deafer 3r-T-^5a ». 



5 ) \ ^ BALLARD, WASH> 



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GOOD CHEER, 

DEDICATED TO CHRISTIAN EVANGELISTS AND 

GOSPEL WORKERS. 



For the encouragement of ail, we have diligently search- 
ed those passages of scripture bearing upon that subject 
so deeply interesting to every lover of God and humanity, 
The glad tidings of THE GOSPEL of THE KINGDOM. 
(General arrangement found on first page.) 

In perfect keeping with the title, will be found an an- 
swer to the most objectionable points of a discourse preach- 
ed on the subject of Hell, in Seattle by Evangelist Martin, 
a distinguished minister in the Christian Church. 

Hia gross misrepresentation of the doctrines o: a respect- 
able sister denomination answered. 

"Come noi5 r and let us reason together, saith the Lord:" 
Lsa. I : la 

''Prove ail things; hold last that which is good." 
1. Tlit*. 5c 21. 

Who can; who dare; and who will: comply with tho 
above Christian mottoes? 

By R DRAPER, 



Ballard, Wash. 



INTRODUCTION BY THE WHITER 

In almost every work, large or small, we are nearly 
sure to find an " Introduction " by the writer, or some 
eminent author; and it would hardly do, for us to be out of 
fashion in this respect. When Lorenzo Dow was intro- 
duced to Rev. Dr. Puffer, Dow, looking: steadfastly into 
the Dr's eyes, inquired, "Is your name Puffer"? The 
answer was; " That is my name, " and immediately came 
the response from Dow, "Well, Puff away, then; " and each 
went his way, doing his own puffing. And so it is, and has 
been in all ages, those who think they have something 
worth hearing or reading go to work puffing ; until the world 
is full of puffing. And every individual hearer or reader must 
Judge for himself the nature and merit of the puffs he hears. 

In commencing this little work, we only contemplated 
writing a small tract of one or two pages, not for a moment 
realizing the magnitude of the subject. From the commen- 
cement, we were so wonderfully blessed in our research that 
it appeared almost impossible for us to find a good stopping 
place. The reader will certainly observe that in many instan- 
ces the writer has rambled considerably from the main sub- 
ject on hand, yet for the sole purpose, as he thought, of 
gathering up some beautiful gems, that were lying but a 
little distance outside. 

Yet, however erratic or rambling, the work may appear 
to the reader, we think he will find that the author " gets 
there ail the same . " Our object has been the pursuit of 
truth' with scarcely a thought of opposition or criticism as 
to matter, style, or literature; being fully persuaded that 
what is required in this day and age of the world-is plain un- 
varnished tru th. And the reader must judge as to h is success. 

Ail we can say to critics and objectors is this; that if you 
cannot receive, or appreciate this work, we are confident 
you will not be consigned to endless torment in conse- 
quence! Yet our earnest prayer is that the reader may bo 
blessed in its perusal as the author has been in writing it. 



WORDS o F GOOD CHEEH, 



CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 

Christ's Kingdom has not only been the burden of 
prophecy, but the subject of definite promise, and 
the object of incessant prayer from the crucifixion 
down to the present time. 

The object of this little work is not so much to 
discuss the time, mode of government, or its par- 
ticular locality, as the particular object and certainty 
of its full accomplishment; and universal triumph; 
arid for convenience and clearness, we have arranged 
our subject under three definite and distinct heads, 
as follows; introducing, first, scripture showing whom 

THE FATHER HAS, OR WILL GIVE TO THE SON. SECONDLY, SOME OF 
THOSE SCRIPTURES WHICH SHOW THAT ALL WILL COME TO THE SON 
THAT THE FATHER HATH GIVEN HIM. THIRDLY, THOSE SCRIPTURES 
WHICH SHOW , THAT ALL WHO DO COME TO THE SON ; WILL BE SAVED . 

If we can fully establish or prove what we propose 
to do, it will assuredly be; " words of good cheer. 17 

Please rend the whole of the verses referred to, as 
we only quote a part. 

CHAPTER!. 



FIRST WITNESS WITH COMMENTS. 

1. We will introduce the prophet David, so fre- 
quently quoted by Christ. 

Psa. 2-7, 8. u My Bon!" No mistake ns to whom 
the prophecy and promise relates. " The heathen for 
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the 



2 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

earth for thy possession." No one left out* 

Psa. 2-9. "Dash them in pieces." Completely dis- 
integrate them, preparatory to a new organization. 

Psa. 22-27. All shall remember and turn unto 
the Lord; "shall worship before thee." Prophetic 
and definite. 

Psa. 22-28. "For the kingdom is the Lord's." 
By definite promise. "Governor among the nations." 
Will have his subordinate rulers, or kings and priests. 

Psa. 22-29. "All they that go down to the dust 
shall bow before him," In the immortal state after 
the resurrection. 1. Cor. 15-53. "Put on immortality." 

Psa. 110—2, "Rule thou in the midst of thine 
enemies" Just think of his rules and teachings 
while an earth. Will his character change there? 
Remember his prayer for his cruel murderers; "Father 
forgive them," and judge for yourself, how he will 
use the "iron rod." It is vain for us to think that 
God has no other place for the government and rule 
of his creatures than on this earth. He will govern 
here, as long as it suits his convenience; and after 
this life wherever his infinite wisdom may dictate. 
Let the Lord now speak by the month of Isaiah, 
in reference to Christ's management of this great 
possession, in chapter 49-£. 

CHAPTER IL 



SECOND WITNESS WITH COMMENTS. 

Isa. 49-6, "That thou mayest be my salvation to 



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the end of the earth." See vr. 9. " That thou 
ma vest say to the prisoner, go forth; to them that 
are in darkness, show yourselves. They shall feed 
in Hie way, and their pastures shall be in all high 
places." No doubt this has reference to the Lord's 
reign on this earth after its restoration. 

Tsa. 49-10. "They shall not hunger nor thirst." 
his reign will be glorious. The whole chapter is 
verv instructive. 

Daniel will be an acceptable witness and prophet 
for the lovers of God and his Christ, so let us exam- 
ine a few verses in chapter seven. 

CHAPTER III. 



THIRD WITNESS WITH COMMENTS. 

Dan. 7-13. "Came with the clouds of heaven." 
Clouds sometimes signify great trouble, or trouble- 
some times, and the coming with clouds here may 
have reference to Christ's coming in the destruction 
of Jerusalem, at the end of the Jewish age. See Mat. 
24-30. This great distress the Jews brought upon 
themselves, the same as the nations of the earth are 
now bringing fierce judgments on themselves by 
pride, luxury,; and oppression. But this coming, will 
be more definitely fulfilled when Christ comes "with 
all his holy angels.' 7 Mart. 16-27. 

Dan.. 7-14. "That aft people, nations and lan- 
guages, s-hou Id serve him," Here we see full predic- 



4 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

tion of the possessions promised in Psalms. 

Dan. 7-27. "Shall be given to the people of the 
saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an ever- 
lasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and 
OBEY, him." This -would appear: to he a clear pre- 
diction of the union of Rend and Body, or of Bride- 
groom and Bride, " obey him." The use of the per- 
sonal pronoun, Him, clearly intimates this. 

Dan. 7-28. " Hitherto is the end of the matter." 
The consignation of God's purpose in the union of 
his Hon with the church, for the obedience and hap- 
piness of the entire race. Much valuable information 
is to be found in the Prophets on this subject, but 
as some of the beloved are not so partial to the 
Prophets, as to the New Testament, we now refer 
you to the words of Jesus and the apostles. 

CHAPTER TV. 



FOURTH WITNESS WITH COMMENTS. 

Mat. 11-27. "All things are delivered unto me of 
my Father." Here Jesus, the Son, claims owner- 
ship of all things, in harmony with what we have 
seen in the Prophets, Can we doubt? tk And no 
man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither 
knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. and he 
to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." So belov- 
ed, it is quite evident that a special introduction to 
both the Father, and the Son, is requisite for an 
acquaintance with them. The deciples no doubt 



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thought they knew Jesus, but did not learn 
their ignorance until after his resurrection, And Ohi 
how glorious, beloved, was the introduction! Luke, 
24-15, 16. 29, 30, 31, 32. Who can believe that the 
blessed Jesus will not at sometime, or in some way 
reveal himself to every one, when "all shall know 
the Lord from the l^ast to the greatest." Mat. 11-28. 
u Come unto me, all ye that labor and I will give 
you rest." What authority have we for believing 
that this invitation will ever be withdrawn? The 
greater the sinner, the greater his burden. 

Mat. 11-29. Vk Take uiv yoke upon you." The 
acceptance of Christ's merits, and authority must be 
voluntary; but "the prep tration of the heart — is 
from the Lord,' 1 Prov. 16-1. 

CHAPTER V. 



FIFTH WITNESS WITH COMMENTS. 

Luke. 10-22. "All things are delivered to me of 
my Father" Hare we see that Luke comes in as a 
witness, of the claims of Jesus to all things, as re- 
ceived from his Father. But let us have John next. 

CHAPTER, VI. 



SIXTH WITNESS WITH COMMENTS. 

John. 3-35, "The Father loveth the Son, and 
hath given all things into his hand." Is this not 
sufficient as to Christ's claim upon all things, as wit- 



6 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



nessed by three witnesses, who were his immediate 
associates? 

John. 3-36. " He that believeth on the Son hath 
everlasting life."" Is already in the enjoyment of the 
u free gift!" Rom, 15-10, to the end of the chapter. 

Please hunt up the texts that speak of the free 
gift here described. 

John, 3-30. " And he that believeth not the Son 
shall not see life.' 7 Certainly not, until he believes. 

There was a lime beloved, when none of us believed; 
and we did not see life until we did believe. 

But were we condemned because we did not believe? 
No, because we were already condemned before the 
free gift came. Ho yon see the free gift was ours, 
but could be seen and appropriated only by faith, the 
same as though a great sum of money had been free- 
ly given to us, and properly deposited for our use; 
no matter how mean and abusive we might be, the 
gift still remains there for us! At last we come to 
our senses, and realize that the evidences of the free 
gift are overwhelming; and now, firmly believing; 
our faith sets us into motion, and we at once make 
the appropriate application for its reception. Some 
self appointed official, might direct us to take off our 
hat, prostrate ourselves on the grcfnnd, spend some 
hours on our knees, or go and be dipped once or 
twice in a pool of water, or do some routine work of 
self abasement; but no, we would answer; it is a free 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEEPu 



gift, it is mine, I am rich. And would we not feel 
heartily ashamed of ourselves for our unbelief, and 
abuse of such a friend and benefactor. Would we 
not be drawn toward him, and wish to show him our 
gratitude, and see some of his letters to us; of which 
we soon find a large number? In some of his letters 
we find a proposition to take npon us his name, 
and become his disciples. The inquiry would natur- 
ally arise, is he a competent teacher? And when 
fully convinced of his merits, and conscious of our 
real necessity, we would readily answer yes, what shall 
we do? Perhaps, he might answer; if you really be- 
lieve in me, manifest your faith, by being dipped in 
water, and thus take upon you my name, and take 
up your work; or cross, and fnilow me, which will 
bring you into the full enjoyment of a new relation. 
How else, beloved, can we .come to Christ and enjoy 
his freeirff t, " Himself." 

John, iii. 30. " But the wrath of God abideth on 
him." The threatenings of the law are still staring 
him in the face, and in his unbelief he sees no free- 
dom from sin and condemnation. He may even ex- 
claim, " Oil wretched man that I am," etc. and not 
believing in the announced reprieve, can see nothing 
but wrath awaiting him. But as soon as he believes; 
day light breaks into his soul. 

CHAPTER VII. 

f CHRIST '(S SUPREMACY. 



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Now Beloved, let us have the testimony of Paul, 
on the subject of Christ's own claims. Let us turn 
to first Corinthians. 

1. Cor. xv. 22. " For as in Adam all died, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive." ^ Thus showing his 
power over all that the Father hath given him, u made 
alive " in the full sense of the word, whether physical 
or spiritual, ver. 23. "But every man in his own order." 

God has system and order for every thing. " Christ 
the first fruits;" Christ head and body. " First fruits;" 
plural, showing that it is " THE CHRIST " complete, 
as associated with his church. " Afterwards they 
that are Christ's at his coming." Then after this 
completion of the whole body, and the marriage, will 
be the time for bis coming with all his holy angels, 
or messengers, u innumerable!" 

1. Cor, xv. 25. u For he must reign, till he hath 
put all enemies under his FEET/' The church of God 
is represented under the figure of a perfect man. 

Eph. iv, 13-16. " the whole body fitly joined 
together" — -. Nebuchadnezzar's image represented 
the universal empires - of the earth, as they existed, 
and were to exist down to the end of time. The feet 
of the image represented the last earthly authorities. 
Dan. ii. 42-44. Christ's body is a harmonious sys- 
tem in which the feet i,o doubt represent the saints 
oil the last part of the Christian dispensation, which 
must be thoroughly washed preparatory to their hav- 
ing any part in Christ's Heavenly kingdom. John, 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 9 

xiii, 7-10. While we have here, a beautiful example 
of loving service of each other down to t*he end of 
time, in acts of humble devotion, it serves to show that 
the feet of the body, must be clean as well as the 
head; so that even Christ's enemies will be put un- 
der clean feet; a pure church! "Do ye not know 
that the saints shall jntfgv* the world?" 1. Cor. vi. 2. 
For this beautiful tko 11 g tit concerning the feet of Jesus, 
as well as for many other precious thoughts, on this sub- 
ject, the writer is indebted to our beloved brother Paton, 
author of Day Dawn and Editor of The World's Hope. 
4 - under his feet. " Now beloved, bow would we expect 
an enemy would be treated under the feet (or govern- 
ment, ) of the blessed Jesus? Would it be any more 
rigorous, or severe, than was found absolutely necessary 
to secure obedience and good government? 

THE LAST ENEMY. 

26. u The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." 
Death in all ages has been considered the monster en- 
emy of mankind; but in the full completion of Christ's 
mission to earth ; it will be endlessly destroyed. What a 
glorious conception of Christ's victory. When death is de- 
stroyed, its victims will go free; being no longer holden 
of it! " Death, " however the word may be used, either 
literally, figuratively, or spiritually; will ultimately be 
destroyed. 

27. " For he, (The Father) hath put all things 
unsder his (The Son's) feet." 

Here Paul gives in his testimony as to the gift of all 
things unto the Son. 



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28. " Then shall the Son also himself be subject 
to him who put all things under him," 

The Son always has been, and always will be, subject 
to the Father. The Father was the first mover, and in- 
stigator of the wonderful plan of redemption; "God was 
in Christ, reconciling the world unto himsetf," 2. Cor. v. 19. 

COMMENTS ON SEVENTH WITNESS. 

Now Beloved, in examining Paul still further on this 
part of our subject, we will see what he has to say to the 
Ephesian brethren. 

Eph. i. 21. *• Far above all principality, and pow- 
er, and might, and dominion, and every name that 
is named, (except the Father) not only in this 
world, but also in that which is to come." 

We see here that his work extends to the world to 
come, of which we have but little information. 

Eph. i. 22. "And hath put all things under 
his feet, " (The Saints, living at the time of his coming.) 
the same testimony that he gave to the Corinthians, re- 
iterating the fact of Christ's claims, and headship to the 
church; as her directing and controlling power. 

Ver. 23. " Which is his body, the fulness of him 
that fillet b all in all." We see in the organized Mes- 
siah, an infinite power, under the figure of a perfect man; 
as before mentioned. The head is always understood as 
the managing power. And thus we see Christ, ( like the 
head of gold in Nebuchadnezzar's image, ) the head of the 
billions of workers, who are co-workers with God; ready 
at a single thought, to obey his Heavenly will. 
We also learn from this witness, tLat this glorious organ- 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 11 

ization is not complete until the end of the world, or age; 
no doubt the Christian age. This organization we all 
know does not embrace the billions of all ages that have 
never heard of the name of Christ; that have existed, and 
do, and will continue to exist in heathenism, until " the 
Son" takes possession of his kingdom, that ' ' the Father " 
hath given him. 

A GREAT ABSURDITY. 

Now Beloved let us think, 1« t us enquire for a mo- 
ment; what does all tins mean; does it mean busi- 
ness, or eternal idlem ss for this glorious organization? 
Has it taken all the christian age for i;s organizing, for 
a mere show of power, or grandure, or self adoration 
and enjoyment? What would we think of an earthly organ- 
ization of business men and women, with immense facil- 
ities for the accomplishment oi the most wonderful 
achievements, possessing untold wealth; and vet doing 
little or nothing but attending parades, sumptuous feasts, 
and adorning themselves for the admiration of gazing mul- 
titudes? Would not such an organization deserve the con- 
tempt of all intelligent people? And how much greater idea, 
have many people of the bliss of "THE REDEEMED, " 
"THE FIRST BORN;" after their union with their 
Head, the blessed Christ? To them, it is but one eternal 
scene of excessive pleasure and enjoyment; while the 
millions of the race are either annihilated or cast into 
endless misery! (Who can span the contrast?) 

TRUE, CHRISTIAN EVANGELISTS COMMENDED AND ENCOURAGED. 

Now Beloved, allow me to ask you individually a few 
more questions. What has given you the greatest pleas- 
ure of your whole lives, (excepting the assurance of 
your own interest in Christ. ) Has it not been your 



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success in winning some notorious wicked sinner to 
the service of the blessed God? In seeing the vilest become 
new creatures in Christ Jesus? I know your zeal for God, 
your love for the perishing; and bow lost you would feel 
if you could do no more for the blessed Master in this glo- 
rious work! O! how your hearts have leaped within you, 
and thrilled with joy; on witnessing skeptics and har- 
dened sinners come forward to the altar of prayer, or rise 
in the audience, or lift their hand to signify their desire 
to be espoused to Christ! None but God, or a heavenly 
messenger, or a zealous co-worker; could fully realize 
your spiritual ecstasy! My love tor you, and my admi- 
ration for your glorious calling, has induced me to ded- 
icate this little work to you and all Gospel WORKERS. 

Although we have not fully realized the character and 
magnitude of the work, yet, ( thus far, ) it has been in 
the right direction; adding to "the body " or " bride" of 
Christ: and you may be assured "that your labour is not 
in vain in the Lord. " 

Now think how cheering the fact, that this whole age 
has only been the day of organizing, and preparing for 
the great work of saving the race. Bo lift up your heads 
and rejoice, with the blessed assurance that your glori- 
ous work has only just begun! 

O how zealously many of us have laboured under the in- 
spiring thought that we were helping God to save the 
world, and who can describe our sadness, on beholding 
and confeidering the unsaved multitudes around us. And 
now how cheering to realize that our labours were those 
of increasing, and strengthing, the glorious organization, 
for the completion of this great work yet in the future, 

Gcd's work extends to all parts of his vast dominion, un- 
controlled by time or locality, as his wia&gs2* and love direct. 



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CHAPTER 8. 



We now come to the middle link of our argu- 
ment, which boldly affirms, and proves our position. 

n. ALL THAT THE FATHEE HAS, OE WILL 
GIVE TO THE SON: WILL COME UNTO HIM! 

Christ's cabinet. 

The cabinet, or chosen rulers in Christ's kingdom, 
will be the first to come unto him; and to correctly 
ascertain who will be the chosen ones, we will do 
well to examine the following scriptures. 

Mat. xxiv. 44 " Therefore be ye aL*o ready: 
for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man 
cometh." 

45. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, 
whom his lord hath made RULER over his household, 
to give them meat [instruction] in due season?" 

46. ;t Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when 
he cometh shall find so doing." Shall be promoted. 

47. '"Verily I say unto you, That he shall make 
himruler overall hisgoods." [Shall judge men andangels!] 

Mark, ii. J9. " And Jesus said unto them, can 
the children of the bridechamber fast, while the 
bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the 
bridegroom with them, they cannot fast." 

Chapter xiii. 27. " And then shall he send his an- 
gels, and shall gathertogethe^his elect (cabinet) from 
the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth 



li WORDS OP GOOD CHEER. 



to the uttermost part of heaven. [From the lowest, to 

the highest condition of honor and happiness attainable.] 

Luke, xii. 32. " Fear not, little flock; for it is 

your Father's good pleasure to give you the KINGDOM. 

42. " And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful 
and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler 
over his household, to give them their portion of 
meat in due season ?" [Timely direction and instruction. ] 

43. " Blessed is that servant, wiiotn his lord when 
he cometh (is present) shall find so doing/ 1 

41. u Of a truth I say unto you, that he will 
make him ruler over all that he hath." (all that the 
Father has given him. ) 

John. iii. 29. " He that hath the bride ii the bride- 
groom, but the friend of the bridegroom, (all who 
come into the kingdom after the marriage of the Lamb. ) 
which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly 
because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy there- 
fore is fulfilled." ( His mission a perfect success. ) 

xvii, ch. 20. ct Neither pray I for these alone, but 
for them also which shall believe on me through 
their word;" (Thus all christian believers, have Christ's 
universal prayer in their behalf, without limit of time, 
as they have no other foundation for their faith, thin the 
word of the prophets and the apostles!) 

1. " That they all may be one; as thou, Father, 
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one 
in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 

( Here we see God's purpose in the election of the bride! ) 



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22 " And the glory which thou hast given liw I 
have given them; that they may he one, even as we 
are one: 7 ' This prayer must and will be answered! 

23 " I in them, and thou in me, that they may be 
made perfect in one; and that the world may know 
that thou hast sent me, AND HAST LOVED 
THEM, AS THOU HAST LOVED ME" 

This last declaration, was pi oven, or demonstrated by 
the gilt of the Son lor the salvation of the world! And 
who can believe that the Fattier could, or would, consign 
any one of "the world" to endless misery, or utter anni- 
hilation; that he has " loved, " even as he has loved the Hon? 

EPISTLE TESTIMONIES. 

1. Cor. vi. 2 "Do ye not know that the saints 
shall judge the world? and if the world shall he 
judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest 
matters ' Eli " judged [or ruled] Israel forty years " 

3 "Know ye not that we shall judge angels? 
how much more things that pertain to this life?" 

" How much more things that pertain to THIS LIFE." 

Here the apostle evidently contrasts the church rule, or 
government of the saints, in ' 'this life" with their spir- 
itual reign over the world and angels! 

Have we not a glimmer of hope in the above, for the 

fallen angels, through the reign of Christ and his saints? 

Are they not as well worth saving as fallen men? 

And may they not make a part, of all things to be restored? 

Spoken of by all the holy prophets. Acts iii. 21. 

Eph. i. 22 ." and he put all things in subjection 



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tin ler his fctifc, unci gave him to be bead over all 
things to the church," 

23, u which is his body, the fulness of him that 
fillethallin all." E. V. Here, we have a beautiful picture 
of the whole ruling power of Christ's kingdom; from 
ihe Head [the first bom,] down to the feet, [the last born] 
in the Chris ian Dispensation. 

Col. i. 18-24. " Who now rejoieeth in my sufferings 
for you, and fill up that which is behind of the af- 
flictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, 
which is the church. 1 ' 

2 Tim. ii. 19. " Nevertheless 'he foundation of God 
standeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth 
them that are his. [selected ones] And, Let every one 
that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." 

20, u But in a great house there are not only vessels 
of gold and of silver, hut also of wood and of earth; 
and some to honour, and some to dishonour. ' 

21. " If a man therefore purge himself from these, 
he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and 
meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every 
good WOrA." [ Both here and in Christ's cabinet! ] 

iv. 7. 4 * I have fought a good fight, I have finish- 
ed my course, I have kept the faith: " 

8 " Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, 
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but 
unto all them also that love Li j appearing,' 7 



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The cabinet of Christ will be composed of crowned kings 
and priests. [What a power for blessing the world! 

Heb. 12. 22. " But ye are come unto mount Sion, 
and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Je- 
rusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, v 

23. ik To the general assembly and church of the 
firstborn which are written in heaven, and to God 
the Judge of all, and to th-* spirits of just men made 
perfect. 1 ' [Thoroughly fitted for cabinet work with Jesus ] 

24. " And to Jesus the mediator of the new cove- 
nant, and to the blood of sprinkling, [Under the govern- 
ment of Christ aud his Heavenly Cabinet we come to the 
general sjjrinkling of the blood of Jesus" upon aU the peo- 
ple," not a partial sprinkling as has been witnessed 
through the whole Gospel age! £ee Exod. 24. 8. Heb. 9. 19.] 
that speakeih better things than iliot of & bel. " This 
scripture destroys the idea of a vindictive and revengeful 
judgment or government under tbe saints, [as practised 
by our erring Catholic brethren in the day of their suprem- 
acy;] as tbe blood of Abel cried for vengeance, but the 
blood of sprinkling, cries for mercy and purification. 

SPECIAL REVELATION AS WITNESS. 

Rev. ii. 26. " And he that overcometh, and 
keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give 
power over the nations: 11 What an incentive to Christians! 

27. '' And he shsiH rule them with a rod of iron; 
[indexible government, unlike the creed .governments!] 
as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to 
Stivers: even as I received of my Father/' 



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[They will be unable to endure the golden i'ule govern- 
ment, and will completely disentegrate: their selfish mo- 
nopolies and oppressive combines, will all be destroyed.] 

28 u And I will give him the morning star." 

[That is, Himself; with all the light and glory of the 
SUN of Eighteousness, prefigure! by the bright and 
•'MORNING STAR." Rev. 22. 16. What a glorious gift!] 

" Ch. 3. 10. Because thou hast kept- the word of 
my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of 
temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to 
try them that dwell upon the earth. 17 [Here we see that 
those that belong to the first resurrection, and come first 
to Christ, are to be five from the temptations and trial of 
the rest of the world, whom they are to judge or govern; 
they themselves having already passed through their 
judgment, and ready for Christ's special work.] 

Vr. 21. "To him that overcometh will I grunt 
to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame* 
and am set down with my Father in his throne." 

i The revelator here testifies, that the saints will first 
come unto Christ and receive their reward, preparatory to 
entering upon the great work of judging the nations.) 

Ch. 20. 6. " Blessed and holy is he that hath part 
in the first resurrection: on such the second death 
hath no power, [The destruction of sin in them, is over. ) 
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and 

shall reign with him a thousand years." 

Ui?iis Oo loved, you are told that you shall reign with 
Ohrist a thousand years: and the question very naturally 
arise**; over whom shall we rci<rn? Over ourselves? or 



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ove;- each other? Kings and Priests are expected to have 
other subjects to reign over and instruct, than themselves. 
But if the old dogma of an endless hell, or the more 
modern theory of annihilation be true, over whom shall 
we reign? We could not reign over the latter, and our 
reign over the former would only in Tease their misery. 
Butif we are willing to believe God, when he says that "his 
merey endureth forever " an 1 that "his tender mercies 
are over all his works " and can recognize that the age- 
lasting punishm3nts, an 1 nrey judgments of the wicked 
will be associated with the thousand yea? reign of Christ 
and his Saints; it would not be so difficult to harmonize 
those apparent confcralictions* 

ONE MORE WITNESS FEOM REVELATIONS. 

Rev. 21. 7. u He Hint overcome^ shall inherit 
all things; (or these tiingsB. V.) and I will he his God 
and he shall be mi son." 

The above scriptures show who are the "elect," or 
chosen cabinet of Christ; and that they are the first to 
come unto Him, of all that t le Father hat i given him; 
and the nature of their work and object of their calling. 

Having shown from the above scriptures, that the 
saints shall be associated wrtli Christ in his Heavenly 
reign, let us now 'njuirjino the object of his reign or 
judgment. David, under tli3 fall blaze of Divine inspi- 
ration gives us perhaps, as vivid a description of it as can 
be found in the Bible. Let us read and comment. 

OBJECT OF THE JUDGMENT. 

Psa. 67. 4. u let the nations be glad and sing for 
joy: for thou shall jtuJge the pe >ple righteously, and 



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govern the nations upon earth, 1 ' 

The judgment here referred to is evidently the g^sneral 
Judgment in which the nations of the earth will heartily 
acquiesce, as they are to "be glad and sing for joy:" 
"for thou sbalt judge the people righteously," Where 
is the nation or people today, that are judged or ruled 
righteously? Consider the suffering of the poor and rgnor- 
ent/ under the government and control of the wealthy 
and learned; millionaires and wealthy combines of all na- 
tions. What a change when Christ takes the reins of 
government in his own hands! The wicked, oppressive, 
and corrupt governments will be "broken into shivers!" 
Then righteousness and justice will be established, the 
ignorant instructed, and the poor supplied with plenty. 
But while the poor and oppressed are singing and shout- 
ing for joy; what a Hell ot fire and Brimstone, their 
music and gladness will be to the overthrown, proud, and 
haughty oppressors; but the out-pouring of the Spirit, 
the full recognition of Christ's "presence," and reign, 
in connection with much suffering and humiliation; will 
ultimately reconcile them, and they will, with the rest of 
mankind, join in the angelic song of " Glory to God in the 
highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." 
u and govern (lead, marg.) the nations upon earth."" 
The above scriptures clearly show that God's object in 
calling all nations before him in judgment, is not to annihi- 
ate, nor to punish them with endless torment, 
but to "govern," "lead," "subdue," and "bless" 
them. But before leaving this point please road vr. 7. 
"God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth 
shall fear him." Shall fear to offend, through love! 



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None can escape the General Judgment or Government 
of Christ and His Saikts. 1 hus all that the Father hath 

GIVEN HlM WILL COME UNTO HlM IN TH2 JUDGMENT. 2. TilU. 4. 1. 

The Scripture on this subject is so clear and definite, 
that but few Bible students will attempt to deny it. 

Methods and instrumentalities to re used in " reconciling 
the world unto himself." 11. ccr. 5: 19. col. 1: 20. 
" To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling 
the world unto himself, not imputing their tres- 
passes unto them; and hath committed unto us 
the word of reconciliation. " ' ' And, having" made 
peace through the blood of the cross, by him to 
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, 
whether they be things in earth, or things in 
heaven. " All things to be reconciled, whether they be 
things in earth, or THINGS IN HEAVEN! Does not this 
show that the work of reconciliation will not stop with 
earth life; but will be perpetuated, perhaps not in the " third 
Heavens " but in the second, or where Christ "went 
and preached unto the spirits in prison? " See Clark on 
this text. He might as well admit the salvation of the whole 
race, as to admit what he does. In conclusion, he remarks; 
41 We learnfrom this circumstance, as well as from many 
others, that His design was to save the whole human race." 
Can we believe that his design will fail? Isa. 42. 4. 

1. Thsu^jty of the church will be one most successful in- 
strumentality IN CONVINCING A ND RECONCILING EARTH 's IN- 
HABITANTS to God. John, 17: 20, 24, 22. Read carefully. 

" Neither pray I for these alone, but for them 
also whi ch shall believe on 111 e through -their word; 



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" That they all may be one; as thou Father, 
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be 
one in us: that the world may know that thou 
hast sent me;" 

And the glory which thou hast given me I 
have given them: that they may be one, even 
as we are one. " Now beloved, decide for yourselves 
whether this prayer has as yet, ever been answered; and 
whether or no, it will be answered in the future! 
Christ Himself said, " And I knew that thou hearest me. " 

2. The general defusion of light and knowledge, by the. 
direct influence of the spirit. will be most effectual 
in convincing and reconciling th e skeptical and stubborn, 

Let us read, and comment on the following scriptures. 

Psa. 119: 130. "The entrance of thy word 

givethlig-ht; (when aceonipmied by the Spirit. 2. Cor. 3:6.) 
it g*iveth understanding- unto the simple. " 

131. "I opened my mouth, and panted; for I 
longed for thy commandments. " 

None but the spiritually enlightened can, or will, "long* 
for the commandments of God! 

84: 11. "For the Lord God is a sun"— 

As the physical sun gives light to all sections of the earth, 

notwithstanding the LONG NIGHTS in some parts of the 

world; so the spiritual Sun will, in. due time, enlighten the 

darkest corners of this globe, notwithstanding the heathen 

and pagan night that has prevailed for centuries. 

2. Cor. 3: 6. " For the letter killeth but the 

Spirit g-iveth life. " (It is the Spirit every time, that giv- 

eth light, and life!—) Joh. 8: 32. u And ye shall know 



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the truth and the truth shall make you free. n 
The truth is the sword of the Spirit in the hand of believers. 

The Perfection of the Saints, and their Mar- 
riage, or Perfect Union With Christ their Head 
will be the all prevailing instrumentality in con- 
VINCING AND RECONCILING THE ENTIRE RACE TO God! 

Let us turn to Rev. 19: 7. 8. 9. on tins beautiful subject, 
7. "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give glory 
to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, 
and his wife hath made herself ready. " 

This will be the irue commencement of the " re genera- 
tion, " or new, or re-birth. As the physical generation or 
birth of the race commenced soon after the marriage of the 
first Adam, so will the second, or new birth or regeneration 
commence soon after the marriage of the second Adam! 

Matt. 19: 28. "And Jesus said unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That ye which have fol- 
lowed me, [in this dispensation] in the regener- 
ation [age,] when the Son of man shall sit in 
the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
t vv el vc thrones, judging* the twelve tribes of Israel. 

John, 3: 7. "Marvel not that I said unto thee, 
Ye must be born again, [which is God's plan 
for the perfect development of the race; first the 
natural, afterward that which is spiritual. 
I. Cor. 15: 40-46.] The conception or begetting of the 
bride takes place in this world, or age, shown as follows. 

James, 1: 18. "Of his own will begat he us 



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with the word of truth, that we should be a kind 

of first fruits of his creatures, " 

Here we have a clear intimation that all God's ' ' creatures" 
in due time, are to be gathered into Mis garner, as the hus- 
bandman gathers in his whole crop; after gathering the first 

RIPE AND MOST CHOICE OF HIS CROP. All obJeCtOt f.Iiay 

reply to this, that the farmer or husbandman always casts 
away the rotten or spoiled fruit We would reply; that in 
the case of God's crop of ' creatures, ' all were spoiled through 
sin, and Christ's great mission was, " to seek and to save 
that which was lost. " We also see here, that the bride is 
the first begotten; but not yet (spiritually) born! 
' X Pet. 1: 3, "Blessed he the God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according- to his 
abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a 
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 
from the dead, " (The resurrection the begetting- 
power through the Holy Spirit of God.) 

I. Cor. 4: 15. " For though ye have ten thous- 
and instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many 
fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you 
through the gospel." (Begotten, not born yet.) 

I. John, 5: 18. "We know that whosoever is 
horn of God sinneth not; (will not, cannot sin in 
the immortal state, but can and do sin in this.) 
but he that was begotten of God kcepeth him, 
and that evil one toucheth him not. " (R. V.) 

(A marked distinction between begetting and 



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* mm* • 



birth.) This quickening or conception that takes place 
in this life, is what allies us to Christ and gives us an assur- 
ance of a part in his Rule, or Judgment. Read attentively, 

Eph. 2: 1. "And you hath he quickened, who 
were dead in trespasses and sins;" Dead, helpless! 
And can He not quicken one dead sinner as well as another? 
or is He less considerate of one part of His dead children? 

5th, vr. " Even when we were dead in sins, hath 
he quickened us tog-ether with Christ, (by 
grace are ye saved. ") (No merit of our own!) 
The object of this first quickening is, that we may be 
" together with Christ "in "judging " or governing the world. 

I. Cor. 15: 45. "And so it is written, The first 
man Adam was made a living soul; the last 
Adam was made a quickening* spirit. " 

Here we find the origin of all Spiritual quickening or be- 
getting; and who will venture to belittle its importance in 
the great work of quickening and saving the whole race? 

I. Tim. 6: 13. "In the sight of God, who 
quickeneth all things,"— (when the appropriate 
time has come; none left unquickened!) 

Here beloved, I think we will continue to see, the marked 
distinction between those who come to Christ first, and 
those who come to him later. All others that do not come 
to Him with the " espoused," will come mainly through the 
Bride; the " seed oi Abraham " as shown further on. 
Iron Rod. 

Some of the 1 methods of enlightenment and conversion 
under the "iron rod" government, will be exceedingly 



26 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

mild. The conversion of the woman and people of Sama- 
ria, is eminently worthy of our consideration in this respect. 

John, 4: 4. u For he must needs g*o through 
Samaria. ? ' An important work which required His per- 
sonal presence, to be wrought both as a type of His future 
work, and an encouraging example for His future Bride. 

Christ's mild introduction, to His wonderful dis- 
course which led to the conversion not only of the woman; 
but also of many of the citizens of Samaria. He first asks 
a favor: " give me to drink! " He well knew that that re- 
quest would excite her sectarian prejudices, which He now 
proposed to remove. See ver. 7. 9. Sectarianism must first 
be removed before truth can have free course and be glorified! 
Observe His mild answe-s to her pertinent questions. 

Her selfish propensities are now awakened. 

vr. 10-15. " Sir, give me this water, that I thirst 
not, neither come hither to draw. " 

Jesus now checks this selfish desire by wisely bringing be- 
fore her mind, her ungovernable lust for men, by saying,*— 
Vr. " Go, call thy husband, and come hither. " 
She thought to evade th it dis agreeable subject by answering, 
"I have no husband." [Vr. 17.] which opened the way for 
a home thrust, which not only showed her guilt of adultery; 
but also, the Divinity of life stranger with whom she talked. 

18. "For thou hast had five husbands; and 
he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: " — 
In the next verse we have evidence of light dawning upon 
her mind; when she exclaims with reverence; 

Vr. 19. " Sir I perceive that thou art a prophet." 
Light now flashes all through her soul, on hearing Hrs 



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declaration in vr. 26. 

4 Jesus saitli unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.' 

She can not answer back again, but drops all; and starts 

off on a missionary call to her own neighbors. See 28. 29. 

"The woman then left her waterpot, and 

went her way into the city, and saith to the men," 

" Come, see a man, which told me all things 

that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" 

Witness her enthusiasm, and missionary spirit; so conspic- 
uous in all new believers in Christ, the Messiah! 

The harvest of the Jewish age was at hand, prefiguring 
the harvest of the Christian age. Let us carefully read — 
vr. 35. 36. "Say not ye, There are yet four 
months, and then conieth harvest? behold, I say 
unlo you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the 
fields; for they are white already to harvest." 
The time bad come for gathering in the first ripe fruits of 
God's great crop of humanity; from the decayed and cast 
off Jewish Church and nation, and from the Gentile world, 
which was in a position to receive God's truth it never 
was in before, being " white already to harvest!" 

Vr. 36. " Aifti he that reapeth receiveth wag-es, 
and g-athereth fruit unto life eternal: that both 
he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice 
together. " Let us now turn for a moment to 
Matt. 13: 30. "Let both grow tog-ether until the 
harvest: and ?n the time of harvest I will say to 
the reapers, Gather ye tog-ether first the tares, 



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and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gath- 
er the wheat into my barn. " Millennial Church. 

The burning at the close of the Christian Age will no 
doubt be of a similar character to the burning that took 
place upon the Jews at the close of the Jewish age or 
world; and in all probability, no less severe. See vr. 39. 

But let us return once more to the conversion ot the Sa- 
maritans; illustrating some of the gentle means by which 
some sinners are to be brought to Christ after the great 
separation of wheat and tares takes place. Read vr. 39. 

4 ' And many of the Samaritans of that city be- 
lieved on him for the saying of the woman, 
which testified, He told me all that ever I did. 
["Believed on Him for the saying of the woman."] 
This short testimony, may illustrate the power, of testimony 
in bringing " many" of the race to Christ after the wheat is 
gathered into His "Barn!" ready for the Master's use. 
But the joint rule of Head and Body, under the "Iron rod," 
will be very stern and terrific, in many cases, yet merciful: 
and no more severe at any time, than a wise and beneficent 
Ruler would adopt for the entire submission oj rebellious and 
disobedient subjects! ' ' For his mercy endureth for ever. " 

Heb. 12: 22. "But ye are come unto mount 
Sion, and unto the city of the living- God, the 
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable 
company of angels. " (Glorious future.) • 

Vr. 23. "To the general assembly and church 
of the first born, (Christ and His Cabinet,) which 
are written in heaven, ( as their "rule" is to be 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEEK. 



Spiritual) and to God the Judge of all, and to 
the spirits of just men made perfect, " 

"Spirits of just men made perfect" Not the air, or 
breath, of just men; as some would have us believe! 

Vr. 24. "And to Jesus the mediator of the 
new covenant, (Abrahamic, unconditional Gal. 3-] 

Under this covenant we find the strongest proof that 
"ail the nations of the earth, " will come unto Christ; as 
shown further on in this little work. 
and to the blood of sprinkling-, that speaketh 
better things than that of-Ab€L " Gen. 4: 10. — 
CHAPTER IX. 



Christ The Desire of All Nations! 

Millions of those the Father hath given to the Son are 
still in rebellion, and will no doubt be reached by the dis- 
solution or disintegration of all national governments, and 
all false religious systems, which must take place before Chri3C 
can become ihe desire of ail nations; who will gladly serve Him. 

Hag 2: 6. "For thus saith the Lord of hosts: 
Yet once, it is a little while, aid I will shake the 
heavens, (the highest political and ecclesiastical 
governments,) and the ea.rth, (the lower powers) 
and the sea, (the general masses) and the dry 
land] " (the stoical and indifferent classes. 

Vr. 7. "And I will shake all nations, (none 
overlooked,) and the desire of all nations shall 
come: (be present,) a.nd I will fill this house 



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with glory, (' all Israel saved, ' Rom. 11: 26) 

saith the Lord of hosts. " ( The highest authority.*) 
This general shaking and breaking up of earthly powers, is 
to be followed by universal peace ! The conversion of nations 
is similar to individual conversions, in requiring a thorough 
breaking down, and made willing and anxious to sue for peace. 

Vr. 9. "The glory of this latter house shall be 
greater than of the former, saith the Lord of 
hosts : (Ultimate grandeur and glory to be the re- 
sult of all their afflictions and chastisements,) 
and in this place will I give peace, saith the 
Lord of hosts. " ( When all have come to Christ.) 
This Breaking and Shaking, to Be Thorough. 

Vr. 21. "Speak to Zerubbabel, g-overnor of Ju- 
dah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 

"22. And I will overthrow the throne of king-- 
doms, (not the Jewish alone,) and I will destroy 
the streng-th of the king-doms of the heathen; 
and I will overthrow the chariots, and those 
that ride in them; (millionaires) and the horses and 
their riders shall come down, every one by the 
sword of his broth er. " (Unprecedented anarchy.) 
Disruption Essential to Submission! 

Psa. 2: 8. "Ask of me, and I shall give thee 
the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utter- 
most parts of the earth for thy possession. " 

9. ' 4 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; 
thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



vessel. " (Former conditions utterly impossible.) 
Mark; this g-eneral disruption is not to be of 
one or difezv, of the nations of the earth, but 
of "The uttermost parts of the earth. " 

It is a matter of momentous Interest to the Christian; that 
the identical promises and declarations made to the Son, 
ire also made to the overcomers, in harmony with the 
unity of husband and wife. 

Rev. 2: 26. "And he that overcometh, (here 
the overcomes is substituted for the Son,) and 
keepethmy works unto the end. to him will I give 
power over the nations:" (Divine Spiritualism.) 

Vr. 27. " And he shall rule tlieni with a rod of 
iron: (the word rule, is substituted here for the 
word break, as used in Psalms 2: 9. showing that 
inflexible government is the proper meaning.) 
as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to 
shivers: even as I received of my Father. " 

Here Christ acknowledges that this great ^ift of power and 
authority, boh to Himself and His cabinet, is from the 
Father. And why should it be so desirable, if not designed 
for the ultimate happiness of the race, His possession? 

A careful distinction should be observed between those 
who come to Christ a; His bride/and those who come to 
Him after the general disruption. 

Tiik First Comeks, 
John. 6: 37. " All that the Father g-iveth me 
shall come to me; and hiri that cometh to me I 
will in no wise cast out. " (of rnv cabinet, ) 



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Vr. 39. " And this is the Father's will which 
hath sent me, that of all which he hath given 
me I should lese nothing', (neither from those 
given for cabinet work, nor of those from the 
wreck of nations,) but should raise it up again at 
the last day. " (If of the bride or ruling- class; in 
the morning* of the 1000 year day, for cabinet use.) 

Vr. 40. "And this is the will of him that sent 
me, thai every one which seeth the Son, and 
believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and 
I will raise him up at the last day. " (if not from 
among the over-comers of the Gospel age, will 
be rased up during, or at the close of the 1000 
year day. Rev. 20, 5. "But the rest of the dead") 
As to the safety of the first fruits, see ch. 10. 27- 
All to Come, in The General Harvest; 

After The Great Breaking Up of The Nations. 

John. 12: 31. "Now is the judgment of this 
world: (now, at this time; the judgment of both 
J ews and Christians, has been in progress from 
the time of their existence! It first commences 
at the house of God as shown below. ) now shall 
the prince of this world be cast out. " (See II. 
Cor. 4. 4. Eph. 2. 2. ch. 6. 12. "prince," "god"&c. 
I. Pet. 4: 17. "For the time is come that judg- 
ment must begin at the house of God: (the cabi- 
net must first pass through the fire of judgmentj 
preparatory to ruling' or judging the world.) 



WOIiDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of 
them that obey not the gospel of God?" (who 
will require breaking- into " shivers "before they 
can be drawn unto Christ, as declared b}^ Himself,) 
John, 12: 32. "And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw (not drive,) all men (not a part 
of mankind) unto me. " [After seeing" their need!] 
All this disruption of nations appears to be a terrible ne- 
cessity as preparatory to their coming -to Christ as the great 
inheritance which "the Father hath given Him!" Their 
self confidence and self reliance must first be crushed out 
and killed before they can be brought into spiritual life! 
General Harvest, 
or Judgment, Clearly Set Forth. 

ActSc 17: 31. " Because he hath appointed a 
day, in the which he will judge the world in 
righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; 
whereof he, hath given assurance unto all men, 
[not merely to the "Bride,'" the "Elect," the 
" First-born," First-comers, but unto all men,'] 
in that he hath raised him from the dead. " 

If God could raise up His own Son from the dead is it not 
an assurance that He also can and will raise all the rest 
o! humanity, as the inheritance of His Son, over whom the 
united Head and liody will reign and judge "unto victory? " 
On this text, Dr. Adam Ciaik remarks: — "His resurrection 
established by the most incontrovertible evidence, is there- 
fore a proof, an incontestable proof, that he shall judge the 
wo; Id, according to his own declaration. " John, 10: 11 — 18. 



34 W.OKDS OF GOOD CHEEB, 



If the resurrection had not been a well established fact, 
would His apostles and diciples, who were His immediate 
coadjutors, been willing to sacrifice their lives for its pro- 
mulgation? Could, or would, any man, or set of men, have 
been so foolhardy? Would our skeptical brothers have been?! 
Prophetic Testimony 
Touching the General Harvest, 

ou do not despise prophesying; I. Thes. 5, 20. 
your attention is now invited to some of their utterances. 

Zeph. 3, 8. " Therefore wait ye upon me, saith 
the Lord, until I rise up to the prey: for my de- 
termination is to gather the nations, that I may 
stable the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine 
ion, even all my fierce anger: for all the 
e ar th shall be devoured with the fire of my j ealousy . ' ' 

Here, God speaking 'after the manner of men," fully 
sets forth die great day of tribulation that is to come upon 
an itit nations of the earth, in which is graphically set forth 
His perfect hatred for their sefish and corrupt governments. 
The righteous are to be in a waiting position until that 
great ano 1 terrible day or period shall arrive. The king- 
doms are to be assembled, no doubt in deadly conflict, (for 
which nearly every nation is armed and waiting!) In this 
great breaking up, Use earth is to be devoured with the five 
of God's jealousy. The kingdoms belong to His Son, and 
must be completely devoured, before they can become 
peaceful, happy, and devoted subjects of His dual kingdom. 

The following verse clearly shows the object of this 
universal breaking up. ( A pure language, a pure heart. ) 

Vrs. 9. "For then will I turn to the people a 
pure language, that they may call upon the name 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



as 



of the Lord, [not profanely, or irreverently; but 
for every, and any thing* required for the per- 
fecting* of knowledge and happiness,] to serve 
him with one consent. " (As with the heart of 
one man; consenting* with a conciousness of the 
infinite superiority of God's government, to the 
government of frail and selfish man!) 

Zech, 12: 9. " And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations 
that come against Jerusalem. "(After her return.) 
Vr. 10: " And I will pour upon the house of David, 
(the restored Jewish nation,) and upon the house 
of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplica- 
tions: (it is God's order that in all ag*es His rich 
bounties should be obtained through supplica- 
tions: or prayer,) and they shall lpok upon me 
whom they have pierced, (now, as their Saviour; 
with increased, and increasing evidence of His 
Divine Messiah-ship!) and they shall mourn for 
him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall 
be in bitterness for him, as one is in bitterness 
for his firstborn. " (Genuine repentance!) 

The mourning and bitterness of spirit, is evidently a 
mourning of contrition, and not of terror; by every tribe of 
the Jewish nation; in view of their cruel treatment and 
crucifixion of Him Whom they now recognize as their true 
Messiah! Please read to the end of the chapter. We find 
a very similar text in the first chapter of Revelations. 



36 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



Rev. 1: 7. " Behold lie is coming witli ttie 
CLOUDS, and Every Eye shall see him, and those 
who pierced Him; and All the Tribes of the i^and 
shall mourn over him* Yes, Amen. " (Diaglott.) 

A day of dark clouds, a day of great trouble is seen to 
be coming upon the whole earth, and at the time of this 
great trouble, the blessed Jesus will come; hence He is 
represented as coming with, or in the midst of those dark 
clouds of trouble. God is represented as dwelling in thick 
darkness, [see II. Sam. 22; 12. And Psa. 18. 11.] and in like 
manner will the parousia: or presence, of the Son of Man 
be manifest in lightning flashes, or flashes of light, from the 
"East to the West, " and in consequence of the great dark- 
ness of clouds of crime and disruption, will the flashes of 
light be all the more conspicuous and piercing! 

"Every eye shall see Him " The evidences of His 
parousia or presence, will be so evident and convincing, that 
every intellectual eye wiU clearly recognize and acknowledge 
that He is here to judge both the "quick and dead. " hut 
while Earth's inhabitants will be overwhelmed with thcne 
ocular and physical occurrences, no one will be able to " sec 
Him as He is, " until made "like Him;" ( 1. John, 3: 2.) 
i. e. — having laid aside the physical hod) and became purely 
spiritual, and obtained " holiness without which no man sha.-i 
see the Lord. " Heb. 12, 11" Shall wad because of Him. " 
{'* Mourn over Him." Diaglott.] This wailing or mcurn- 
lng'will no doubt, be a penitential grief, the same as that 
already referred to in Zech. 12: 9. 10. Nothing could be 
more touching and humiliating, to a pure and enlightened 
nature than, a conciousness of having wounded and abused 
an innocent aud devoted friend! 



V70KD3 OF GOOD HREER. 37 



The reunion of Joseph and h's brethren, Joseph nuking 
hirnsell known to them, (" And Joseph said to his brethren, 
Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And 
he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into 
Egypt. ") the general excitement and breaking down with 
grief and joy; ["Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and 
wept upon them:] most beautifully illustrates the general 
breaking down and excessive joy and mourning associated 
with Christ's full revelaton of Himself to the nations, and 
in a very special manner, His making Himself known to 
the tribes of Judah and Israel; for the lost tribes must 
be found, and return with the tribes of Judah and Benjaman. 
Prophetic Testimony Continued, Touching the 
GENERAL HARVEST. 

Isa. 26: 9. " For when thy judgments are in 
the earth, the inhabitants of the world will 
learn righteousness. ,? ( tJ The inhabitants of the 
world, " not a part, nor a few: but mankind uni- 
versally will "learn righteousness, " {Rightness, 
justice, Young-. ) under the government of Christ.) 
Ch. 45. 23. "I have sworn by myself, (could swear 
by none greater, ) the word is gone out of my 
mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, 
[I will not change or revoke this decree; it will 
most surely be performed:] That unto me every 
knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear, " (All 
shall take the oath of allegiance to Christ and 
His government, in keeping with the prediction 
that He should rule th-e nations. ) 

Vr. 24. " And all that are incensed* (to be dis- 



38 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

pleased, heated, Young*.) against him shall be 
ashamed. " (Like heated politicians against a 
noble and successful reformer who has triumphed 
over them and become their beneficent and 
merciful ruler! How will our learned philosoph- 
ical and theosophical friends feel when they are 
compelled to recognize that the despised Nazar- 
ene has really become " Lord of lords and King 
of kings? " Can we not believe that many of 
such, as were honest in their convictions; will 
rejoice with the Christian, (though greatly 
" ashamed, ") that they now at last, have such 
a glorious King to rale over, and govern the 
nations in "'righteousness." 

Psa. 103: 19. "The Lord hath prepared his 

throne in the heavens; ( 4 3. Heavens, the heaved 

up thing's, ' Young.) and his kingdom ruleth 

over all. " (The establishment of this throne 

will be, the time of general disruption of earthly 

heavens', or governments, the upheaval of both 

political and sectarian heavens or organizations. ) 

The following prediction illustrates the above. 

Isa. 40: 4. "Every valley shall be exalted, and 

every mountain and hill shall be made low: 

(a general leveling up of the lowly, and a leveling 

down of the exalted, to a happy medium!) 

and the crooked [ 4 Deceit/til, inscrutable, ' Young.] 

shall be made straight, ( c Uprightness, a plain.') 



W0KD3 OF GOOD CHEER. 39 



and the rough places plain: " 

The crooked in general commerce and daily business, 
will become upright and honest; their actions and asser- 
tions will be in perfect harmony, and as smooth and even as 
a beautiful plain! The crooked politicians and office holders 
will almost imperceptibly lose their craftiness, and become 
delighted in frankness and benevolent thoughts and actions! 

Paul Recalled 

as Touching Christ's Final Triumph in 

THE GENERAL HARVEST. 

Paul will now testify to the general surrender of both the 
living and the dead! which takes in all that ever have lived, 
all that now live, and all that ever shall live on the earth! 

Rom. 14: 9. "For to this end Christ both died, 
and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord 
both of the dead and living. " (The dead are not 
forgotten under the government of Christ!) 

This Scripture, with some others, clearly shows that the 
departed are yet to have their full portion of instruction 
and governmental training, as well as men in the flesh. 
It is true, that Scripture instruction on this interesting sub- 
ject, is not very clear or abundant; yet should be sufficient to 
satisfy the Bible student, that the unquickened and igno- 
rant that have apparently died without God, and without 
hope, are still under the government and dominion of a 
wise and beneficent Ruler, Who doeth all things well. 

Vr. 11. " For it is written, As I live saith the 
Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every 
tongue shall confess to God. " See Isa. 45. 23. 



40 WORDS OF GOOD CHEEK. 



Now Beloved, we think you will find from the preceding 
pages, with their Scripture quotations and comments; that in 
the general harvest, while the first ripe fruits, (the Saints) 
are thefirstto come to Christ, [as Ms ca binet\ the balance 
of mankind are equally sure to come unto Him; though 
under quite different circumstances, the object will be all 
the same, their final holiness, and endless happiness. And 
while the above "WORDS of GOOD CHEER," are 
mixed with many saddening thoughts, yet the great time of 
trouble and sadness has but partially been set forth! In the 
next chapter we shall proceed to show the hopelessness of 
man's best efforts to save himself, or to renovate our earth. 



CHAPTER X. 

EARTHS DARK PICTURE, 
PRECEDING CHRIST'S GLORIOUS KINGDOM. 
Scripture quotations are very clear and abundant 
on this subject, a few of which will now be given. 

II. Tim. 3: 1. " This know also, that in the 
last days (both of the Jewish and Christian 
dispensations,) perilous times shall come. " 

While perilous times have existed in all centuries, and in 
all ages of the world; yet, when have they been so ominous 
and terrific, as at this present time of Earth's history? 

Vr. 2. "For men shall be lovers of their own 
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, 
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. " 

Vr. 3. " Without natural affection, tfticebreak- 
ers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers 
of those that are good. " (Reader, does it hit you?) 



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Vr. 4. "Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers 
of pleasure more than lovers of God; " 

Vr. 5. Having- a form of godliness, (this shows 
the class described above, not the Infidel cr 
Atheist, but church going- people, formal pro- 
fessors,) but denying- the power thereof: (by their 
ung-odly lives and repudiating- the doctrine of 
the Spirit's power to directly influence the human 
mind ; ) from such turn away. " — - ( ' ' Come out of her 
my people that ye be not partakers of her sins. ") 

Vr. 13. "But evil men and seducers shall wax 
worse and worse, deceiving-, and being* deceived. " 

Does this look like the conversion of the world, prior to 
the second coming of Christ? or that He will find it in a 
state of moral corruption when He shall take posession? 

Luke, 18: 7: " And shall not God aveng-e his 
own elect, which cry day and nig-ht unto him, 
thoug-h he bear long" with them? " Is compassionate. 

Vr. 8. "I tell you that he will aveng-e them 
speedily, (Or, he will do them justice speedily, — 
instantly, in a trice. Clark.) Nevertheless when 
the Son of man cometh, (is present,} shall he find 
faith on the earth?" (" Or rather, shall he find 
fidelity in this land? "Clark. ) R. Young-, LL. D. 
Gives nearly the same rendering- as Dr. A. Clark 
44 4. Faith, faithfulness, steadfastness, — pistis.") 
Why, or how is it Beloved, that the blessed jesus at His 
coming or first appearing, will fi id but little or no fidelity 
on the earth? Will it not partially \ at least, be in consequence 



42 WORDS OF GOOD CEER. 



of " the salt of ihe earth" being taken aw ay? It occurs to our 
mind thai the saints are to be caught up "to meet the Lord 
in the air: " ( L Thes. 4: 17.) no doubt for the express pur- 
pose of commencing their great work of salti?ig the nations. 
Thus being teft to themselves, without salt or fidelity; 
is it any wonder that the nations should soon fill up the 
measure of their iniquity and learn their utter helplessness 
to save themselves, from their coming anarchical condition? 

MATTER OF FACT EVIDENCE OF EARTH'S DARK 
PICTURE, NOW BEING OUTLINED BY DAILY OCCURRENCES 

IN ALL LANDS; 
EAST, WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH/ 
When, in the annals of earth's history, has there been 
such a record of startling events, either physical, political, 
intellectual or religious; as has been recorded in the last 
twenty years? Let the students and professors of each 
class answer. And let the student of time prophecy state 
whether past and present events, harmonize with the 
prophetic utterances as to the great day of trouble, and 
the parousia or presence, of our blessed Jesus. Zeph. 1: 8. 9. 

MAN'S DEVICES PERFECT FAILURES, 
AND YET, NOT PERFECT FAILURES! 

The Gospel of Jesus Christ can not be classed among the 
devices of man, and has not, and can not fail to accomplish 
the glorious object of its author; yet almost innumerable 
devices in the hands of men, both good and bad, have been 
credited to the Gospel of Christ, and have signally failed: 
hence, our infidel friends have not hesitated to declare that 
both the Old and New Testaments were perfect failures; 
which ihey would not do, if they fully understood God's 
wise and benevolent purpose, in their introduction. 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 43 



When we affirm that men's devices are perfect failures, 
we don't wish to intimate that they have accomplished no 
good — this would be fnr from the truth Many devices 
in connection with religious oro^nizntions have, in Divine 
economy, served the enlightenment and happiness of 
millions of our race. All that is requirt d, to be satisfied of 
this fact, is to read reports of the various organizations; 
[allowing for exaggeration through love of show and noto- 
riety.] The spread of the Gosrel through the missionary 
enterprise, the publication and spread of the Bible without 
note or comment, the partial union of religious sects through 
the Christian endeavor organizations, the VsOMANS 
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION; and numer- 
ous unmentioned Christian enterprises. Notwithstanding 
the weakness and inefficiency of the above enterprises, 
they have accomplished wonders, in many respects in "pre- 
paring.the way of the Lord! " Yet, they are perfect failures 
as to their own purification, or the renovation of the nations! 

H itness the repeated incidents of fraud \ debauchery, ar- 
rogance and self seeking in our own midst! Also witness 
the crime and cruelty of the governments and nations 
around us: not forfeiting our own, (The U. S.J where 
our labors are most conspicuously bestowed! After cen- 
turies of arduous labors, witness the cruel atrocities of 
the infamous TURKS, against their would-be benefactors! 

II ho has not read with horror, the cruel massacres of 
the Arminian Christians? But their cruelties stop not there! 

TREATMENT OF RAHAMNA REBELS. 

One of many revolting incidents, we clip from that newsy 
Seattle paper,THE POST-INTELLIGENCER; with a very 
peculiar heading, as given on the next page. After making 
liberal allowance for exaggerations, we have evidence of 
the most glaring deeds of revolting cruelties ever recorded. 



44 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

"HEADS HAD TO BE RE-SALTED." 



" Moorish trophies of Victory Sent to the Sultan. " 

"Tangier, Morocco, June 4. — Four cart loads of salted 
heads of rebel Rahamna tribesmen have arrived at Rabat 
on their way to Fez, but on arrival at Rabat the heads were 
ound to be in such bad condition that the government 
officials compelled a number of Jews to re-salt them." 

A HOME PICTURE OF CORRUPTION. 

But why go abroad for national examples of cruelties, ava- 
rice, political perjury and corruption; when we have abun- 
dance of examples at our door, in our own so called, Christ- 
ian country. Uit?iess the law that for "filthy lucre" 
authorizes a man to sell his neighbor a brain-maddening 
beverage, — which destroys his reason and leads him to crush 
out the brain of a devoted wife and her innocent babe, or 
perhaps his entire household; and to complete the cruel 
drama, witness the second hireling with his slug', club, and 
revolver ready to force the law made murderer into the dun- 
geon. From thence, after a hell of remorse, in close confine- 
ment and criminal far e , he is in due time brought by the same 
authority ( that receved, and is stilt receiving a large bribe; 
for fitting him for his crime, ) to a solemn court of justice;! 
where he is publically tried, found guilty ', and sentenced to 
be hung by the neck, till he is dead, dead, dead: 7iext and 
lastly, after many cruel months of a?ixious waiting in prison 
for a reversal of the sentence pronounced by his kingly 
accomplice, [the law which maddened him by its authority^] 
he is brought to the place of execution and before a jeering 
multitude, is pinioned, his neck lassoed, and then swung 
into an orthodox Hell of endless torment! Now Beloved, 
does not this equal the "SALTED HEADS?"— 



WORDS OF GOOD CEER. 45 

NATIONAL MURDER BUREAU! 



Now Beloved, permit vie to enquire; who are 
the ACCOMPLICES of that wretched murderer 
just described? Will you not in truth and right- 
eousness answer? First, the men who made the 
law to sell him the -poisonous drug which they knew, 
would produce the identical effect that has been 
witnessed. Second, the men who voted for those 
office holders, knowing they would assist in the 
enactment of the law that placed the cup in his 
reach, knowing the inevitable results. Third, the 
man who availed himself of the provisions of 
the murderous law, paid his bribe, or blood money 
and gave his neighbor the maddening poison. 

What other answer could be given under oath? 

PRINCIPAL OR ACCOMPLICE, WHICH? 

We have ordinarily considered our lawmakers 
to be merely accomplices in the crimes arising 
from the liquor traffic, but on more thorough 
investigation; we find that the liquor business 
and licence to sell intoxicants, is nothing less than 
a national murder bureau! Concocted, Controlled, 
and utilized, by our RULERS', for their own 
use, and the gain received by their accomplices! 
(The Saloon keepers.) Hence, we are inclined 
to the opinion that our government officials are 



46 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



both principal and accomplice in the revolting" 
crimes of murder and other atrocities; generally 
charged to their helpless victims, by them made 
slaves to hellish intoxicants ! The supporters and 
defenders of the defence, will say, O, if the drinker 
had any principle, or manhood; he would not 
yield to intoxication and crime. True, for he 
has neither principal or manhood, in most cases, 
as he has been robbed of both by the iniquitous 
alliance of g*overment officials and liquor dealers! 
They first take away his manhood, and then rid- 
icule him for not having* any! {Salted heads! e, g. ) 

"Now beloved, if we had time and space to de- 
lineate the crimes, the barbarous and revolting- 
occurrences associated with this unholy alliance 
of our g-overnment with the liquor element; omit- 
ting* every other species of crime all around us, 
in church, state, and laity; would we need any 
further proof that our labors have been perfect 
failures, as to the conversion of our own nation: 
much less the nations of the whole world? 

Let us see if we can find any parallels in the pro- 
phetic utterances, descriptive of our corruption. 

Jer, 4:30. "And thou, when thou art spoiled, what wilt 
thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though 
thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou 
enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thy- 
self fair; thy lovers dispise thee; they seek thy life. " (R. V.) 

Vr. 31. "For I have heard a voice as of a woman in tra- 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 47 



vail, the anguish of her that bringeth forth her first child, 
the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, 
that spreadeth her hands, saying Woe is me now! for my 
soul fainteth before the murderer^. " (R. Y.) 

"My soul fainteth before the murderers,''* 
LEGALIZED murderers; first, the governments' 
acts are legalized by their election to office; 
second, their affiances, the liquor dealers, whose 
acts are made legal by the governments' co-part- 
nership in receiving fifty or one hundred per-cent 
of the blood money obtained by their sanction 
and signature! Well may the souls of pious 
mothers, ("daughters of Zion,") faint before 
such murderers. Husbands, sons, and even daugh- 
ters-are daily exposed to the ravages of those legal- 
ized monsters! The death roll from govern- 
ment statistics, (the murderers' own scrap-book,) 

is set at one hundred thousand persons per year! 
in the U. S. alone, omitting murderous Christian Englana '/and 
others; all weighed " in the balance, and found wanting. " 
Isa. 1: 4c "Ah sinful nation, a people laden 
with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that 
are corrupters : they have forsaken the Lord, 
the}' have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto 
anger, they are gone away backward. " 

5. "Why should ye be stricken any more? ye 
will revolt more and more: the whole head is 
sick, and the whole heart faint. " 

6. "From the sole of the foot even unto the 



48 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



head there is no soundness in it; (the whole body 
politic, from head to foot, full of corruption;) 
but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying* sores: 
(crimes too innumerable to be mentioned!) they 
have not been closed, (could not secrete their 
crimes, they are public to the world,) neither 
bound up, neither rnolified with ointment. " (No 
plausible excuse for their crimes.) Where could 
be found a more appropriate illustration of the 
moral condition of our own nation? May not 
true Christians and zealous reformers, take up 
the lamentation of Jeremiah, and exclaim? 
Jer. 9: 1. "OH that my head were waters, and 
mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep 
day and nig-ht for the slain of the daughter of 
my people." (The slayers must be slain — .) 

Punishment of 

Principal and Accomplice the Same. 

In every direction, we see the rod up-lifted. "The lake 
that burnetii with fire and brimstone, " is already being 
felt in this, " the Lord's day." The poor of all classes will 
no doub<, be the first to feel it for a time; and in fact, in 
many places it is becoming almost intolerable. As the 
plagues of E^ypt, at first, fell upon oppressed Israel the 
same as upon the Egyptians; but soon the separation came, 
and the Egyptians alone felt the rod. So now, God's 
people must suffer for a time; but the separation will come 
sooner or later. The lovers of mammon and filthy lucre, 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 49 



are already beginning to tremble for fear of those things that 
are coming on the Earth. (Luke. 21: 26 ) The quantity of 
their gold and silver, has increased rapidly, and will 
continue to increase, until the Scriptures are literally ful- 
filled in their case; as the following quotations clearly show. 

Acts, 13: 41. " Behold, ye despisers, and won- 
der, and perish: for I work a work in your days, 
a work which ye shall in no wise believe, 
thoug-h a man declare it unto you. " [This is 
the "day," for "despisers" to "wonder, "at 
current events, which are most startling* in their 
character; and yet will "in no wise believe" 
the declarations of God's word, no matter w T ho 
may "declare it unto " them!] Please read next, 

Joel, 1: 5. "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep: 
and howl, all ye drinkers of wine; because of 
the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. " 

The drunkards and drunkard makers, will 
at first, make a dreadful howling- over " the new 
wine, " that will take the place of fermented 
wines and other strong* drinks. Under "the iron 
rod" government, it will almost be, a literal 
"weeping* and wailing- and g-nashing-of teeth;" 
while they are passing- through the ag-onies 
of "the second death," the death of the de- 
praved appetite, as that which feeds and keeps 
this depraved appetite alive, will "be cut off 
from your mouth. " We now turn to James, 



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PUNISHMENT SURE. 

THE IRON ROD AT HAND, 

James, 5:1. " Go to now, ye rich men, weep and 
howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. " 

[And which you are imperceptibly hastening'.] 

2. "Your riches are corrupted, (being* ob- 
tained through fraud and oppression, and the 
corrupt methods of wicked combines and un- 
Godly speculators,] and your garments are moth- 
eaten. " (While the poor and destitute around 
you, are nearly naked and at the point of starv- 
ation; and you without pity, or remorse.) 

Vr. 3. "Your gold and silver is cankered; and 
the rust of them shall be a witness against you, 
and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have 
heaped treasures together for the last days. " 
(The rapidly approaching dissolution of the Jew- 
ish polity and the destruction of Jerusalem.) 

Vr. 4. "Behold, the hire of the labourers that 
have reaped down your fields, which is of you 
kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them 
which have reaped are entered into the ears of 
th-2 Lord of sabaoth. " (Retribution at the door.) 

Hab. 2: 15. "Woe unto him that giveth his 
neighbour drink, that pattest thy bottle to Aim, 
and makes t him drunken also, that thou mayest 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 51 



look on their nakedness!" Drink habit condemned. 

The drink habit, in all its stages, is here condemned by 
the woe> that is pronounced against it. First, the giving 
even a social glass. Second, the giving him drink in ex- 
cess, " to make him drunken; " the first is invariably the fore- 
runner of the second. Third, to the extent of depriving him 
of his raiment and earthly goods; " that thou mayest look on 
his nakedness! " both physically, morally and spiritually. 

Please read ver. 16. 17. What country or nation, that has 
been ruled or dominated by the liquor element, that has 
not sooner or later come to desolation, and the slayers of the 
people, in turn been slain by the people? But it is not our 
purpose, in this little work, to portray the enormity or hein- 
ousness of the various crimes of this, or any other country; 
but more clearly to show what the world is, after nearly a 
thousand years of Gospel labor and zealous " Christian 
Endeavor" of all the religious sects and creeds; and to 
show the hopelessness ot human effort to accomplish the 
desired object for which thousands, yes millions, have 
shed their hearts-blood! Well then, our skeptical and infi- 
del friends will answer, has not the Gospel and the mission 
of Christ been a perfect failure? Our answer is emphati- 
cally NO; for God hath taken out from among the Gentiles 
<( a people for His name," a bride for His Son, as shown 
in several other places in this work, and forms the basis 
of WORDS of GOOD CHEER. {Salvation For ALL!) 



CHAPTER XI. 



EARTH'S DARK PICTURE CONTINUED. 



POLITICAL REFORMERS ALSO A FAILURE. 



52 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



Many political reform parties, frequently moved by a 
philanthropic spirit, seeing the crime and distress of their 
own country, and the depths of crime and misery in other 
nations, and witnessing the failure of " Christian Endeavor " 
to reform and renovate the Earth, have made wonderful 
sacrifices, with the full assurance of ultimate success, in 
doing what Christians fail to do, in Earth's renovation! 
But sooner or later they have to take up the old lamen- 
tation, " who hath believed our report, " and to whom hath 
the staff of life been given? A confessed failure! 

Thus political economists cf various and conflicting de- 
vices have, in their turn, shown the weakness of their 
/earned productions! a few of which we mention below, 
as conspicious in our own country: viz. Abolitionists, 
Prohibitionists , Socialists, Internationalists, Green-backers, 
the No-nothing order, Populists^ National land-league 
association, Single-taxers, American protective association, 
and 1jie Bi-mehalisis. and many others well worthy of 
notice. No doubt, the leaders of all reform movements, 
can with pleasure, point to some partial or signal victory, 

ABOLITIONISTS. 

Tho our space is limited, we will notice a few of those 
movements. Abolitionists, could boast of the liberation 

a colored race, after materializing into a reform party. 

But what of this materialization! Why, simply 
that the Abolitionists have lost their identity, and 

: sed to be a reform party, tho still bearing that 

me! and have developed into a den of legalized 
murder r:s, and the liberated race, is now fast 
becoming- more desperately enslaved than at first: 
being- debauched, and then murdered, by their 
disguised liberators! Who has not read with 



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disgust and horror, the massacres, lynchings, 
and numerous riots, in the Southern States; 
instigated by alcoholic drinks. And yet their 
liberators and murderers, are ''''Self styled," 
' 'the good old party!" (Salted Heads! e. g. — ) 

PROHIBITIONISTS. 

What intelligent Prohibitionist, that cannot 
readily prove the purity and non-selfishness of 
his principles and party, with the good accom- 
plished, and soon to be developed. 

The zeal, toil, and sacrifice, of this moral and 
political party, can not wrll he too highly com- 
mended. No party si co the early days of Abo- 
lition, has labored so nobly for humanity; and in 
return received so much abuse or silent contempt 
from the public press and other political parties. 

In fact, the public journals of the country, have 
been, and still are, as -ule, so thoroughly 

under the control of monopolies, boss politicians, 
and the murderous rum element, that they hardly 
dare mention the odious -word "Prohibition, " unless 
with a contemptuous sneer, which is also equally 
true of most business men, politicians, and office 
seekers. The fear of "boycotts " f • hboring 

saloons and their patrons, holds th 
while in heart many of them would aise 

the al^rm, and call on all lovers of humanity, to 



54 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 



declare their sentiments at the Polls, in favor of 
Prohibition. The hypocritical plea of even some 
professed Christians for standing aloof from this 
party is, that God's people have no right to mix up 
with politics or politicians; and then on every gen- 
eral election, do not fail to give "just one more vote," 
for their u good old party!" who are making 
(when in power.) drunkards and criminals of every 
description by the thousands! And still those re- 
ligious voters are too pious to mix up in politics! 
1 consistency, what a jewel. ") 

:e of all opposition, and silent and open 
contempt, they have been, and still are, making won- 
derful progress in the line of reform and general 
enlightenment. And even their failures are a thous- 
and times better than the success of their enemies! 
We cannot here delineate their success, or failure; 
and can only pray, God bless their labors, and 
give them patience and fortitude to u hold the fort, " 
until "He whose right it is," shall take the 
reins of government into His own hands. They 
are most surely helping to " prepare THE WAT 
OF THE LORD." But they will never estab- 
lish that millennium which can only be developed 
UNDER, AND BY THE RKIGN OF THE BLESSED JESUS. 

THE VOICE OF N. T. is no doubt, the 
best exponent of prohibition, on the Continent. 



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SINGLE-TAXERS. 



The principles of the Single-tax party, are evidently 
worthy of consideration, as they are certainly doing a good 
educational work. And tho we do not "see eye to eye" 
with them on the one plank theory of taxation on land val- 
ues alone, yet we can wish them God speed, on the many 
noble and elevating thoughts connected therewith. 

But we are fully satisfied that the land monopolies, by 
wealthy corporations and millionaires, however much want 
and poverty it may bring upon the laboring classes, is not 
the original cause of the poverty and want, now prevaling 
on the face of the whole Eartlij Is Single-tax the remedy? 

CAUSE OF POVERTY AND WANT. 

The inequality of mental and physical ability, — in con- 
nection with man's inate propensity of greed and selfish- 
ness, is the cause and foundation of the great inequality 
of wealth and Earth's comforts and numerous blessings. 

If the land grabbers were foiled in that direction, they 
would give more direct attention to the "grabbing" of the 
products of labor. Their wit and greed would make slaves 
of the poor, as at present. Nothing but man's complete 
regeneration will ever relieve suffering humanity. But 
the Single-taxers tho, notwithstanding the selfish oppo- 
sition with which they are surrounded, are evidently 
making their influence and energy felt in various directions. 

Single-tax Gold Mine, Found in California. 

On the next page we give a clipping in harmony with 
the above heading; and would rejoice at the development 

of more extensive mines of a- similar character. 



56 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 



''The Single Tax In California. 

San Francisco, Aug, 30. — The Evening Post says; The 
advocates of the single tax, ivho have become particularly 
aggressive on this Coast lately, have discovered a provision 
of the law whereby real estate owners maybe compelled to 
pay $1, 000, 000 into the treasury unless some action is taken 
to prevent it. They have competent attorneys at work on 
the statutes regarding assessments and taxatio7i, and have 
discovered a supreme court decision which has been overlook- 
ed, for years and the- law unconciously violated, whereby 
real estate owners in this city have escaped the burden of 
the increased assessment roll made by the state board of 
equalization. Heretofore the valuation fixed by the state 
board has controlled the tax for municipal purposes when 
collected on the valuation fixed by the county board of 
equalization. Under a decision of the supreme court there 
can be but one valuation, and the state board finally fixes that. 

All taxes, both for state and county purposes, must be 
levied on that valuation. 7 he single taxers intend to wail 
till the board of supervisors has fixed the tax levy, and 
then commence suit to compel the tax collector to col- 
lect the rate of the increased valuation of the state 
of equalization, providing, of course, a raise is made, and 
it is pretty certain it will be. If the usual increase of jj 
per cent, is made, such a move would mean the collection 
of $/, 000. 000 more in taxes than the supervisors antici- 
pated when the levy was made. " Is not this significant f 

A Mysterious Overlook! 

A SUPREME COURT decision which has been over- 
looked for years and the law unconciously, (more likely, 
conciously) violated! (Overlooked by the ordinary tax 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 57 

payers, but not by the wealthy land owners, who have, no 
doubt, kept it covered up by a liberal supply of bank notes. 

The above clipping*, properly considered, will 
serve as a fair sample of financial reforms, or the 
struggle of the poorer and weaker classes to 
get even with the mentally stronger, and greedy 
millionaires. What law have we on our statute 
books, made for the relief of the masses, and to 
curtail the power of v^ealthy combines, that is 
not, or has not been " overlooked for years and 
the law (consciously) unconsciously violated? " 

The truth is, as we perceive it; that we must 
have something besides land tax, or tax on land 
values, for the relief of the masses. If there 
were any way of getting at it, we should have a 

Tax on Brains or Brain Power! 

There should be some means of inducing or 
compelling the mentally strong to provide for, and 
take care of, the mentally and physically weak. 

It is undoubtedly an established fact, that 
while many are mighty in certain directions, 
they are equally weak in some others; and but 
few if any, are strong in all particulars! It is 
well known that some are skilled workmen, and 
possess wonderful inventive faculties, and at the 
same time, are exceedingly imbecile in economic 



58 WORDS OF GOOD CHEEK. 



finance. And while we heartily agree with our 

Single-tax friends, that ( c the Earth is the Lord's ," 

we would go a little further, and quote the rest 

of the verse: "and the fullness thereof; the 

world, and they that dwell therein. " Psa. 24: 1. 

Also see I. Cor. 10: 26. "For the earth is the 

Lord's and the fullness thereof. " Also 6. 19. 

v ' Ye are not your own? " vr. 20. For ye are 

bought with a price: therefore glorify God in 

your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. " 

re comes in the tax on brain, or spirit power. 

Brain and land are indispensable to each other. 

What would land be to a man without brain 

or mind or spirit power, to utalise it? And what 

would the brain of a Vanderbilt, Stewart, 

Rothchilds, Gould, Astor &c. be without land? 

Land and brain are the parentage of all in- 

dust ore as essential to each other as 

Adam and Eve were to each other in generation, 

ying the command; "Be fruitful, and 

d replenish the earth," Neither of 

have obeyed that injunction alone; so 

and brain can never be divorced without the 

■action of their values. Hence the injustice 

and crime of land polygamy, which gives the 

ib of production to the few, and thereby 

causes the 



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We see, God claims ownership of our brain or 
M spirit, " as much as He does the ownership of 
the land; all of which, He gave to His Son. 
Every Man His Brother's Keeper. 

God's significant question, addressed to Cain; 
" Where is Abel thy brother? " and the pertinent 
question-answer, "I know not: Am I my brother's 
keeper?" should deeply impress our Single-tax 
friends, and all others, that brotherly care for 
each other, in every particular, is what God and 
humanity requires; and not merely, what " mo- 
ther Earth alone can supply. Under the present 
state of man's selfish nature, and the superior 
mental and will power of the few over that of the- 
masses; if all the land, whether valuable or other- 
wise, were so divided as to give every man all 
he could work, and were all the gold and silver 
and all the products of labor, equally divided; 
all this would only produce temporary relief! It 
would be but a short time, until the Goulds, 
Astors, Stewarts, Vanderbilts, Rothchilds and 
Rockefelders &c. would repossess themselves 
with interest, and the thousands, yes, millions 
would soon be tramping and starving! God g'aze 
brain power, for the same purpose that He gave 
land ftozi'cr, for the blessing of the race. 



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and man has no more right to monopolize the one 
than he has the other. The exclusive use of one^s 
own wit and intellectual faculties, for his own hap- 
piness and aggrandizement, is nothing less than 
brain monopoly. Also, the use of his money and 
intellectual faculties to g-ain the control and use 
of the valuable inventions of the nation and the 
world for his own selfish purposes, is brain mo- 
nopoly as cruel and selfish as the land monopoly 
portrayed by our Single-tax friends! 

MONOPOLISTS, "LAND GRABBERS" AND 
MILLIONAIRES A BLESSING IN DISGUISE! 

What improvements in art and science, and 
what facilities for travel, transportation and the 
transmission of thoug-ht and general intelligence; 
and what revelation from the bowels of the Earth 
and sea, and what developments in Earth's pro- 
ductions would we be enjoying today, only for 
the brain power of those we so bitterly curse and 
anathematize? While they have used their 
" spirit " or brain power for self ag-grandizement 
and luxury and the oppression of the laboring* 
and less intellectual classes; we have surely en- 
joyed a tax on their speculative and financial pow- 
ers; as they could not succeed without us, we 
had to be fed and kept alive, for their own use! 



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But while they are reaping- a rich harvest from 
both the mental and physical powers of all class- 
es; who can fail to see and realize the stupen- 
dous advance of general improvements, of which 
we all share a small percentage, that we could 
not have obtained otherwise. Again, the mil- 
lions possessed by the wealthy, in most cases 
never would, or could have been possessed by the 
masses. What they have, would in most cases, 
have remained in its crude and undeveloped state, 
only for their superior brain power! 

The great cause of poverty, and financial misery 
of the world is, that the bulk of wealthy men, mil- 
lionaires, trusts, and combines of every description, 
in the spirit of old BROTHER CAIN! are 
repeating the ?nu?'derous question, "Am I my 
brother's keeper?" {Every man for himself! — ) 

MILLIONAIRES, MONOPOLISTS, 

" LAND-GRABBERS," BRAIN-GRABBERS, 

LABOR-PRODUCTION-GRABBERS, &c. ALL IN 

GOD'S "FINANCIAL SCHOOL," ON TRAINING 

FOR FUTURE USE IN THE MILLENNIUM! 

We have no authorit) 7 for believing that God's 
plan of deve opment or evolution, will materially 
change in the spiritual state from the present. 

If *ife is perpetuated there, and consciousness 



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of the past still inheres; it is reasonable to be- 
lieve that our intellectual drill and experience ob- 
tained in this state, will be used in some glorious 
position for the universal happiness of the race. 
The developments of the past, are only shadows 
of what will he developed under and by the reign 
of Christ and His Bride. But few people realize 
the torture and anguish of the above classes. The 
increase of wealth and. Earth's possessions only 
increase care and anxiety ; and fits of remorse! 

But the financial business of the above named classes 
must sooner or later collapse — in a universal crash, or 
general " smash-up, " and the pupils who have completed 
their course of training in God's " financial school," will 
see the consumate folly of using their gigantic powers of 
mind for purely selfish purposes; and will be delighted to 
have the privilege of becoming the humble servants ot the 
people. So Single-tax with all other reform parties, is 
only playing a second-hand game in God's plan of evolu- 
tion; first to crush, and then to create " new heavens and a 
new earth, (an entirely new order of things on this Earth!) 
wherin dwelleth righteousness," and the glory will not 
redound to Single-tax, or any Earthly reform party! 

Just here we may remark, that God's ways, plans, or meth- 
ods, are truly mysterious to man! His revelations all through 
the Scriptures appear only in fractional parts! In His threat 
to Adam, " in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely 
die, " He gave no intimation that in case of his disobedience 
and death, He would provide a Deliverer! that would have 
been an encouragement for him to disobey God! 

The first intimation of the Redeemer was only fractional! 



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What we have said in the preceding pages is, 
by no means designed to disparage the noble 
efforts of our Single-tax friend, to provide homes 
for the millions of homeless laborers. And before 
leaving the subject, we would invite attention 
to an important declaration in their platform adop- 
ted by their national conference held in Chicago 
Aug. 30* 1893. After an able preliminary we find 
No. 1. of several interesting declarations as follows, 

M The Single-tax, Therefore, Would 

i. Take the weight of taxation off the agri- 
cultural DISTRICTS, WHERE LAND HAS LITTLE OR NO 
VALUE IRRESPECTIVE OF IMPROVEMENTS, AND PUT IT ON 
TOWNS AiND CITIES, WHERE BARE LAND RISES TO A 
VALUE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER ACRE. " 

The most serious objection to this bold and honest 
declaration is, that the towns and cities will not submit 
for any length of time, to have the burden of taxation 
shifted from the rural districts, and fixed upon themselves. 

This objection at first thought, would no doubt be a very 
"serious one to many voters; but a little mature considera- 
tion, we think, will expel the cloud and clear away all mist. 

Brief Defence of Single-tax, No. 1. 

First. Let us take into consideration the fact, 
iha? but few tux payers, in !arge towns and cities, 
are land owners; and would hail with joy, the 
thought -of the burden of taxation being placed 
where it justly should be placed, on the wealthy, 



64 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER* 



who are able to bear it, and who are, and have 
been reaping* a largv harvest, where th*y have 
not sown. Second. The prospect of reduction 
in land values, to those who have been longing*, 
praying*, and TOILING many years for a small 
plot of God's Earth, whereon to build a shelter 
for their homeless children and themselves; would, 
we think, remove the momentary objections, to 
shifting the burden of taxation from the rural 
districts to the larg-e towns and cities. The rural 
districts would surely vote for such a movement; 
and the homeless renters and heavy tax-payers of 
towns and cities, if enlig-htened on the subject, 
would surely, vote early and late, for such a measure ! 

Who can deny the justice, utility, and feasibility 
of the principal thoug-ht, of the above party? 

The most serious obstacles for it to overcome, 
no doubt, will be the poltical infidelity of legislators, 
and the gold of the millionaires, the same powers 
that are nowclogg-in^ the wheels of reform, in nearly 
all lands and can be overcome only by Christ's reign ! 

PRODUCTS OF LABOR, WHAT ARE THEY? 

We would now enquire of those who are able, 
and willing* to answer: Admitting* that, that 
which a man obtains by honest labor properly 
belongs to himself, and therefore should be ex- 
empt from taxatim, does it therefore follow 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 65 



that what he obtains by fraud and extortion, is 
equally his own, and should also be exempt? 

Or that what he obtains by far-si ghtedness, 
and by taking- advantage of other people's igno- 
rance, or inexperience, or misfortunes, is his own, 
and should be free from tax? See Conditions of Labor 
by Henry George to Pope Leo, XIII. Page 68. 

The wealth of the wealthy, (as a rule,) is not 
obtained by actual labor, but by shrewd and judi- 
cious dealings with the less thrifty and intelligent. 

EXCLUSIVE OWNER-SHIP, 
IN WHAT DOES IT CONSIST?* 

Man's exclusive ownership of himself consists 
solely in his position as steward, which in that 
resftect, really makes him lord; as Joseph was lord 
over all Egypt, (Gen. 45.: 9.) and Pharaoh's house, 
and yet he was not his own, he was " bought with 
a price," Gen. 37: 28. Neither were the possess- 
ions he purchased his own, but for his father's fam- 
ily, the Egyptians and surrounding nations: He 
was a steward of the very highest order. Just in 
this respect, can man claim owner-ship of himself, 
and in no other. Joseph was thus honored, in con- 
sequence of his great fidelity and brain power, to 
become the SERVANT o£ ALL the PEOPLE! 
In like manner may our virtious, philanthropic, 
and brainy, Joseph-like millionaires be honored. 



66 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



BRAIN POWER IN GREAT DEMAND. 

We think a few moments reflection will convince most 
readers that no one can justly claim absolute ownership of 
himself. 1. From the simple fact that man did not create 
himself any more than he did the Earth; and it is self- 
evident that his rightful owner is, his Creator; as Earth's 
rightful owner is its Creator. 2. In view of man's sin, de- 
pravity, and consequent death; and the provision of a sure 
and certain resurrection to eternal life, he is doubly not 
his own, being " bought with a price, " and belongs to God 
both as Creator and Redeemer. Here we have man on a 
level with the Earth as to ownership. Our Single-tax 
friends, most beautifully show and prove, the intention or 
design of God in Earth's creation, First, to be, the provis- 
ion of a womb, from which man was to be taken; (hence 
Earth is called, "Mother Earth.") Second, the provision 
for sustenance after birth, in every particular; and conse- 
quently belongs to one just as much as to an other; hq&ce 
no one has a right to monopolize any more of it, than he 
can justly use, it follows, as a logical conclusion, that as both 
Earth and man have the same Parentage or origin, that 
the Creator's design in the one is, the same as in the other, 
the preservation and happiness of the whole race! Hence, 
to be consistent, our Single-tax friends should go one step 
further, and make a judicious claim on the mental powers 
of man, for man, as well as on a portion of the Earth for 
every man; " For none of us liveth to himself. " Rom. 14. 7. 
(See PROGRESS AND POVERTY, by Henry George, 
commencing at page 239.) The above lines, as well as some 
of our former pages, may savor somewhat of Socialism, 
but if so, AMEN; as we hold no man, sect, or party, re- 
sponsible for our views; yet greatly indebted to many. 

" God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform! -* 



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We opine, no one will deny the importance of 
brain, as being- the moter power that puts in 
motion and directs all the affairs of this life, 
from the most gigantic, to things of minutest 
character; hence the great demand for the ser- 
vices of those who are able to manage the 
financial, political and scientific affairs of the 
nation. And why should there not be, in some 
way, a definite claim made upon that power, 
which is so indispensable to the physically and 
mentally weak? and not allow the mentally 
strong, to monopolize this stupendous power 
to the exclusive use of their own class? But the 
truth is, we appear to be afraid to tackle this 
giant of the Earth! So few are able and willing 
to do their own thinking, that the majority are 
willing to leave the discussions and decisions of 
great questions, to the popes, and "gods many 
and lords many, " who are generally ready, and 
more than willing to serve in that capacity; and 
to give the very best attention to their own re- 
muneration. It would be interesting to know 
the percentage of the masses, that could give an 
intelligent answer to questions, as to their opin- 
ion on this or that subject, that is now being 
agitated by the various reform parties. 

Would not the large percentage be compelled 



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to answer if honest, the same as a friend of our 
early acquaintance, when asked his opinion on 
the subject of the Divinety of Christ; he ans- 
wered, "well, I dont really know, you go and 
ask Proser, I believe just as he does;" (Proser 
was his pastor. ) So with the masses in general, 
they believe just as their preacher or as some no- 
ted citizen or as some leading*, brainy, party 
politician does! The observation of the above 
facts is, the reason why projectors of new enter- 
prises, book sellers, doctors, &c. &c. seek first, 
the signatures or testimonials of the most noted, 
both in politics and religion. Now Beloved, in 
view of our present surroundings, is it surprising 
that brain power should be in such demand, and 
should carry the sway among the masses? But 
notwithstanding the dark picture of ignorance, 
selfishness and crime; we have here and there a 
few bright flashes of Divine light, shining as 
the Sun, from the east "Even unto the west;' 5 
from the extreme and most distant parts of 
the Eastern world, to the most Western; we are 
daily receiving intelligence of the most startling 
character, as so many spots and lightning 
flashes in the moral and political heavens all indi- 
cative of the long looked for presence, or paronsia, 
of the blessed Jesus; to establish His kingdom! 



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11 The times of this ignorance, " and veneration 
for the " g'ods many and lords many, " cannot al- 
ways continue. As Divinely predicted, "Many 
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be in- 
creased; " we find literally being fulfilled in a most 
wonderful manner ! The rapid strides in literature 
of every description, is well known to all readers. 

And now, as though rapidly approaching the cli- 
max; we read of serious preparations for a baloon 
flight to the north pole: Of quickening & ripening 
grain, fruit, vegetables, &c. by electricity; (lightning/) 

And since commencing our remarks on brain 
power,— we have received a short, but learned 
article on improving and creating brains, from the 
learned Prof. Gates, in which he explains how, 
4 ' More and better brains " can be imparted ' ' to 
every person. " We give the heading and a few 
lines of the Professor's closing remarks. — 

" A NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY 



By which We Can Give Any Perron" 
4 MORE AND BETTER BRAINS. ' [Voice, N. Y.] 

CLOSING LINES. 

" Among many other things, these discoveries 
imply the practicability of giving to every person 
more and better brains, that is, of causing them 



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to embody more mind; they imply the reformation 
of our educational methods from kindergarten to 
university; they imply the practical curing* of im- 
moral dispositions and criminal propensities; 
they imply the art of promoting- and regulating- 
and rendering more efficient our thinking and 
originative mentation, which systematizes discov- 
ery and invention; and they imply a new era in 
progress, for the giving- more and better minds to 
individuals simultaneously aids every reform, and 
makes easier every effort of man." (E. Gates.) 
What a lightning flash ! shining through the dark 
and cloudy heavens, from the east, even unto the west! 

Here we have revenue from brain zvithout taxation. 
LAND, BRAIN, AND RELIGION. 

Some loving and devoted Christian friend, may enquire; 
1 ' What have we to do with those secular questions? We ans- 
wer, much in many particulars. It is true, we may not be called 
to run for office, in this the DEVIL'S KINGDOM! as in 
most cases it would involve the necessity of all manner of 
fraud, falsehood, trickery and various forms of bribery, to 
insure general success! But it is our duty, while here, amid all 
the dark clouds and tightning flashes; to raise our voices 
against the wrong and for the right And ever remember, that 
BRAIN, is the auditorium or AUDIENCE- CHAM-BER 
for the human and DIVINE spirits; and Land, with ac- 
companying elements is, the INSTRUMENT by which 
brain is kept in a healthy and vigorous condition. 

We can slight or neglect neither with impunity; as health, 
morality, religion, and life, are dependent on their culture! 



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BRAIN POWER^INESTIMABLE, 

YET UNRELIABLE! HENCE THE NEED OF 

INFALLIBLE REVELATION! 

In the abscence of Divine revelation, we have 
no other means of judging* between right and 
wrong, good and bad, truth and falsity, &c. &c. 
than by the best use of our brain power. 

And in the matter of determining between the 
Divine and the human, our mentality is frequently 
taxed to the uttermost, and then generally found 
to be incompetent; and whether in human or Di- 
vine matters, we may well be suspicious of those 
who set themselves up as infallible guides! 

Even those we mostly depend upon to do our 
thinking for us, are greatly hampered by their 
early instructions and pecuniary and selfish 
interests, forming a stupendous wall on both sides: 
A wall of prejudice, habit, &c. exceedingly diffi- 
cult for them to surmount; and to reason inde- 
pendently of early training and surroundings! 

BI-METALLISM. 

Bi-metallism having been cruelly murdered, 
in 1873, has for some time past shown very favor- 
able symtomsof a glorious political resurrection! 
or we might perhaps say, a new birth; as a 
healthy and vigorous germ of life, is rapidly de- 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



veloping in the hearts of the people, notwith- 
standing the bitter enmity of its gold-clad foes. 
Tho the birth of this party is not as yet fully 
completed, it has learned and skilled midwifery 
employed for its cafe introduction. And while 
cradled in a manger, (among the common peo- 
ple,) it will undoubtedly prove to be a great 
temporary blessing and help with other reforms, 
to t4 Prepare the way of the Lord!" Coin's 
Financial School, and A Tale of Two Nations, 
appear to be important factors, in the develop- 
ment of this party, written by that able financier 
W. H. Harvey, of Chicago. We do not propose to 
discuss, in this little work, either the merits or 
demerits of the several reform parties, but wish 
to show some of their glaring* inconsistencies as 
well as some of their many redeeming principles. 

A STRONG ARGUMENT 
FOR THOSE UNEDUCATED IN FINANCE. 

It does not require much reasoning or brain, 
to tell which way the wind is blowing: And we 
think the Bi-metallists have one convincing ar- 
gument that the masses can as easily understand, 
i. e. That their greatest enemies and opponents 
are, the wealthiest gold speculating nations on 
Earth, as well as their satellites; the great 



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combines, monopolists, and g*old exchangers of 
our own country. This argument we think is 
one that the poor and uneducated in finance 
could easily understand, without employing* the 
most brainy class to do their thinking- for them! 

A BI-METALLIST'S BIBLE ARGUMENT. 

James, 2: 6. — "Do not rich men oppress 
you, and draw }^ou before the judgrnent seats? 55 

Vr. 7 "Do not they blaspheme that worthy 
name by the which ye are called?" Here we see 
that God justifies a rig-hteous retaliation. Would 
not a devoted wife resent the traducer of her 
husband by whose name she is called? and her 
own cruel oppressor? Why then should not the 
Bride of Christ at the ballot box, resent her cru- 
el enemy and oppressors? The poor, in reality, 
have no effectual way of coping- with their g-old- 
clad task-masters than, 1. The Golden Rule. 
2. Where and when practicable, the Ballot. 3. 
The first and second failing- to materialize, the 
Sword is inevitable, as in the case of our revo- 
lutionary fathers. But they had not the power 
of the ballot that we inherit. Yet, our g-old 
worshiping- masters, are ten -fold more numerous 
and mig-hty today, than when our declaration 
of independence was first declared! 

We then had but one nation to contend with, 



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>«i;-iO-3?5»e — 



but in this fight, we have not only the same en- 
emy to encounter, with over a century and a 
quarter of increased yellow wealth and power, 
but all the gold standard nations on Earth; and 
all of them, leaguing and intriguing with our 
own gigantic corporations, banks and gold trusts! 
Have our Bi-metallist friends counted the cost? 

BI-METALLISTS COVERT ENEMIES. 

The enemies of Bi-metallism, we opine, may 
be compared to the great red dragon (of Rev. 
12: 4. 5.) that " Stood before the woman which 
was ready to be delivered, for to devour her 
child as soon as it was born. " But the great 
consolation is, that the " Man Child " was not de- 
stroyed, but "Was caught up unto God, and to 
his throne. " (To the highest point of honor and 
power,) and "Was to rule all nations. " So we 
opine, BI-METALLISM cannot be devoured, 
as it is the legiti?nate child of the people, and des- 
tined, in -principle , to rule the nations! 

Nevertheless, with present covert, and the 
future open hostility, of the fabled GRIFFIN 
or Griffon, (part lion and part eagle, supposed 
to watch over mines of gold, &c. — ) there will 
undoubtedly be a fearful conflict, before this 
great victory for the people, over the gold inter- 



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ests of the lion of Europe, and the eagle interests 
of America, can ever be achieved. And in view 
of the past history of nations, and the clear de- 
clarations of Divine prophecy; it is almost a 
certainty that the allied gold combines of the 
world will never surrender until they find 
themselves writhing with anguish in " The lake 
that burneth with fire and brimstone! 5 ' (inter- 
nal and external war, the inevitable result of per- 
sistent greed, corruption and oppression.) 

COVERT ENEMY NO. I. 

No enemy is, probably, more dangerous or 
more difficult to encounter, than he who con- 
ducts a Guerrilla mode of warfare. For the most 
part, he is under cover and makes a dash upon 
you when and where least expected! Thus it is, 
with the enemies of reform, and particularly so 
with the the enemies of Bi-metallism, or what is 
frequently called, "Free silver." A gigantic 
scheme, that evidently has for some time been 
on foot, is to impress the public with the idea, 
that a revival of commerce is by no means depend- 
ent on the financial relation between gold i.na 
silver. And, it is roundly asserted, and broadly 
published, thai with the return of good times, all 
interest in Bi-metallism will dwindle and die. 

(A prediction inspired by pure selfishness.) 



76 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

The following- from The Voice of N. Y. will 
serve as an example of the covert Guerrilla war- 
fare that is inaugurated against Bi-metallism. But 
4 'The Voice," by no means, vouches for the 
truthfulness of those great statesmen's position 
and evidently sees their covert motive, and play 
behind the curtain. (Exchange of gold for votes.) 

' ' THE FRKK-SII.VER TIDE SEEMS INDEED to be 
on the ebb, if recent reports of the utterances of 
some of its champions are correct. Senator Mills, 
of Texas, who has been in time past a champion 
of free silver, is now out in a careful argument 
against it, denouncing it as 'a gigantic scheme 
to enrich one half of a community by despoiling 
the other half. ' Senator Peffer was a few days 
ago reported to have written a letter declaring 
that free silver was a fraud, and he proposed to 
take the stump next year against it. Now Con- 
gressman Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, 
chairman of the executive committee of the 
National Silver Party, is reported to have said 
in an interview: (well arranged, and digested!) 

'I recognize the fact that if business continues to im- 
prove, and it turns out that the improvement is perma- 
nent, the silver issue is dead. There is no doubt that 
business is much brisker than it has been, and that the out- 
look is encouraging for its continuance.' (With monopolists.") 

At the same time, Chairman Taubeneck, of the 



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national committee of the People's Party, is find- 
ing- it necessary to issue to the Populist papers 
an elaborate reply to a vigorous assault upon free 
silver made by S. F. Norton, editor of The Sen- 
tinel, a Populist paper claiming- to have the 
widest circulation of any Populist paper publish- 
ed. In some of their state conventions this year 
the Populists have had a fight to reaffirm ad- 
herence to free silver in their platform. " 

COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE. 

"Seems indeed to be on the ebb. v Yes, 
just like the waves of the mighty ocean, returning 
for new strength and recuperation ! to return with 
greater force and power than ever before, 

"Senator Mills, of Texas, who has been in time 
past a champion for free silver, is now out in a 
careful argument against it, denouncing it ' as 
a gigantic scheme to enrich one half of a com- 
munity by dsepoiling the other half. ' Wonder- 
ful change! Formerly, Mr, Mills could see, that 
two thirds or three fourths, of the people, (Jhepoorer 
classes,') had been ' despoiled, ' by the demonetization 
of silver! And now he sees, that by a change, this 
impoverished class would be enriched; and the class 
that now, has got both the gold and silver would 
be c despoiled! ' Would free silver 'despoil' them any 
more than demonetization has 'Despoiled' us? 



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For "humanity *s sake let us push the fight, if need 
be, until " Fie whose right it is," shall take the 
reins into His own hands; and with His scourge 
of small cords ^ will drive **** "the changers 
of money" out of His temple; both -political and 
ecclesiastical! Now beloved, permit us to inquire; 
' 6 What's the matter with those great champions 
of free silver or Bi-metallism?" (Senator Mills, 
Senator Peffer,f Congressman Newlands, and 
other equally noted silver backsliders!) Are they 
statesmen habitually given to change? Or is the 
question of free silver or Bi-metallism of less 
importance to the nation now than it was a 
few months ago, when they were its champions? 
Is it not possible that they, as well as some others, 
have had the N. Y. and European gold bags sha- 
ken at them, with an irresistible glitter that 
but few politicians in the Devil's Kingdom are 
able to resist? Perhaps "A TALE OF TWO 
NATIONS, " by W. H. Harvey; published by 
Coin Publishing Co. 115. Monroe St, Chicago, 
will give as correct an idea of the covert ene- 
mies of Bi-metallism as any work in the country. 

BOTH OPEN AND COVERT ENEMIES, NO. 2. 

AN INTERESTING CONVERSION. 

In the preceding quotation, we would invite 
special attention to the remarks of F. G. New- 

t We are just informed, bytneEd.of THE SEARCHLIGHT, 
BALLARD, WxASH. (A spicy little Single-tax, and general 
reform paper;) That Senator Peifer, denies in toto, the report 
of his change in reference to free silver. (The enemy foiled!) 



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lands,— of "The National Silver Party. " It will 
bear reading- a second time. "I recognize the 
fact that if business continues to improve, " &c. 

Here we may be permitted to ask Bro. New- 
lands a few questions: /. On whom does the im- 
provement of Business defend? 2. Does it not 
depend ordinarily, upon the will and good pleas- 
ure of the millionaires and the ruling co?nbines? 

If they decide that prosperity and a general re- 
vival of business for a given period would be a 
great gain to them, is it not evident that they could 
and would so manipulate as to produce the de- 
sired financial prospe?'ity? And then, what 
would be the argument against bi-metallism? 
Answer. A very simple one indeed. "You see 
times are ag-ain prosperous under the single 
standard of valuations. What do you want bi- 
metallism for? It would only unsettle our finance 
and cripple our commerce with foreign nations 
and bring* on hard times ag*ain. Let well-enough 
alone, and we are all rig-ht! " It would certainly 
pay the g-old kings of Europe and America to 
invest a few million dollars in adverse literature . 
In the purchase of the public press, (as prohibi- 
tion and past experience have proved them to be 
on sale to the hig-hest bidder!) In subsidizing- 
the most influential politicians, and in the em- 



80 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

ployment of the most talented orators to advo- 
cate the g-old standard, and to oppose bimetall- 
ism, as there are billions in it, either for cr 
against their money bins! If any one doubts the 
ability of one or more millionaires to produce 
or prevent a national panic, we would call atten- 
tion to the following- clipping- from one of our 
daily journals, as now being* advertised to the 
known world under larg-e headings as follows: 

"BY ROTHSCHILDS' HELP " 

"A Disastrous Panic Was Prevented On 
the European Exchanges. 

London, Nov. 11.-— The Paris correspondent of the 
Times says it is understood that only the intervention of 
the Rothschilds on Saturday prevented the panic at Paris 
from becoming positively disastrous. A dispatch to the 
D li'y news from Berlin says that but for the assistance 
rendered by the Rothschilds on Saturday the bourse prices 
would have been still weaker. The panic could not have 
been worse on the eve of a general European war. " — 

Millionaires and mighty combines will nol allow their 
slaves to starve outright; It would be too much like "killing 
the goose that lays the golden egg every day! " 

It is no new or strange thing for wealthy combines, 
corporations, and millionaires to give timely relief to a 
si tiering nation, and sometimes to nations, as all nations 
participate more or less in each other's prosperity or 
adversity. Before the robber or highwayman can 
plunder or "despoil" his victim, he must first give him 
time to recuperate, and some times to get financially fail 



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We need not be surprised at seeing, from time to time, 
between now and the next general election, flaming reports 
of increased prosperity; however numerous the failures 
of banks and small business firms. Of course, this will be a 
political necessity, to stop the mouthes of " poverty howlers' ' 
of the various reform parties; all of whom should be 
equally on their guard against this guerrilla subterfuge. 

AN OLD FOXY, GUERRILLA. 

Among the most prominent, successful, covert and open 
enemies of free-silver, probably is that good-looking, sharp 
eyed, far-seeing, honest-faced, chearf ul-hearted, " Honest 
JOHN SHERMAN," of legislative and senatorial renown; 
and whose past and present history is well known to mon- 
tary and political schemers, both at home and abroad, 
and whose political knowledge and influence will be at 
this period of general uprising on the silver question of 
inestimable value to the gold interests, both in Europe and 
America, especially so in New York and London. 

And quite in keeping with his general shrewdness, we 
learn that his autobiography is just now published, in 
which he does not forget his colleagues and coadjutors 
in the work of despoiling his confiding admirers and fellow 
citizens; especially those (now dead,) who opposed and 
betrayed him in his seeking the " ambition of his life !" 
the presidency. The first notice of his book that we have 
received, is very conspicuous in reference to his attack upon 
the most prominent men in his own party. 

The following is the heading, and a few lines of the first 
notice we have received of this political campaign docu- 
ment, from the Associated Press, another gigantic hand- 
maid and unscrupulous mouth-piece of the gold power. 



82 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



JOHN SHERMANS BOOK 

Talks Plainly, Not Vindictively, 

About Public Men. 

GARFIELD'S BREACH OF FAITH. 

Grant's Lack of Interest in Finance — 

-Harrison Renominated Through 

a Corrupt Bargain. 

11 Chicago, Oct. i£>— ( /Spj.J The intrigues , the jealousies 
and traitorous knife thrusts of the last haff -century of Amer- 
ican state-craft are revealed in the fierce light of stern crit- 
icism in "John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in 
the House, Senate and Cabinet, " just published in this city. 
The fear that the venerable senxtor would reveal secrets 
long kept from the public in his forth coming work has to 
some extent been realized. Grant, Garfield, Blaine, Arthur, 
Harrison and other Republican leaders are spoken of with 
unstinted praise for their personal worth and statesmanship, 
but each is inguarded and covert language shown in the less 
commendable light of a scheming politician. — 

What could have induced " the venerable senator, " now 
at the age of 72, to criticise, and expose in part, the poli- 
tical acts of his fellow conspirators, both of the living and 
tie dead? Could it have been the explosion of a long pent- 
up spirit of retaliation or revenge? Or has his exposure 
of corrupt secrets been of a benevolent character, to reform 

his old corrupt political party? Or was it not for the ex- 
plicit purpose of making his book of universal interest 
and to secure its greater publicity as well as to divert the 



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mind of the public from his own corrupt polit- 
ical measures? Certainly, the advocates of 
''sound money, " the gold kings and their sat- 
ellites, will give it all the publicity in their 
power; in view of his reaffirming both his and 
their past gold standard and silver demonetizing 
policy. As an advocate of " sound money" or 
the gold standard, he is wise enough not to de- 
clare himself as against government notes or 
greenbacks. That would weaken his influence 
against free silver. His experience w ill not allow 
him to grasp more than he thinks he can safely 
handle these critical times. 

In his reply to Gov. Alger's demur, he says: 
" 1 wrote only the naked truth in my book. " 
However true or false this may be, one thing is 
certain, that " honest John Sherman" was not 
under oath to write " all the truth, " in his large 
S7 book, especially as to the causes and influ- 
ences that led to his wonderful and speedy conver- 
sion! and how he became a millionaire in such 
a remarkable short time on a salary of $5,000.00. 
per year! It must be remembered, that at one 
time,' " honest John Sherman," was considered a 
notorious sinner, {a repudiatorf) The reader 
will please turn to the records of Feb. 27, 1867. 
and see for himself if Mr. Sherman was really 



84 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 



as great a blasphemer as he is reported to have 
been. He is reported to have used the following 
blasphemous language. {Ironical.*) 

' ' / say that equity and justice are amply satisfied 
if we redeem these bonds at the end of five years 
in the same kind of money, of the same intrinsic 
value it bore at the time they were issued. Gentle- 
men may reason about this matter over and over 
a gain, and they cannot come to any other con- 
clusion; at least that has been my conclusion after 
the most careful consideration. Senators are 
sometimes in the habit, in order to defeat the 
argument of an antagonist, of saying that this 
is repudiation. Why, sir, every citizen of the 
United States has conformed his business to the 
legal tender clause. He has collected and paid 
his debts accordingly. " 

Again he is reported as using nearly the same 
criminal language in a letter dated Feb. 20, 1868. 
as follows. "Your idea that we propose to vio- 
late or repudiate a promise when we offer to 
redeem the principal in legal tenders is errone- 
ous. I think the bond holder violates his prom- 
ise when he refuses to take the same kind of 
money he paid for the bonds. The bond-holder 
can demand only the kind of money he paid, and 
he is a repudiator and extortioner to demand 
money more valuable than he gave. " 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 85 



In the Scriptures, both the Law and the Gos- 
pel, are used as powerful motives for the repent- 
ance and conversion of the stubborn and way- 
ward sinner. So in the case of Brother Sherman's 
conversion. A most fearful threatening- of age- 
lasting- banishment from official position in the 
Grant administration, had been hurled from the 
throne at Washington (see Grant's second inau- 
g-ural address) which broug-ht Mr. Sherman to 
his knees, but not to evangelical repentance. 

The threatening-s of Granfs inaugural being- 
thus evaded, friend Sherman, more than ever, 
was now elig-ible to the rich promises of the 
g-old power, but not yet, until he had rendered 
still greater service to his " lords many" and 
his " g-ods many. " The way being- already pre- 
pared, for his financial glory; 1st, by the passag-e 
of what is called, " The Exception Clause" to 
the greenbacks in 1862. [Exception to govern- 
ment money, by the g-overnment!] And 2nd, by 
" The National Banking- System" of 1863, mak- 
ing- despotic monarchs, to rule our g-overnment 
and the whole country, all in alliance with the 
money king-s of New York and London! (189 
bank representatives in congress at one time!) 

This broad and stupendous platform having- 
been constructed for the subjug-ation of the 



86 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



people, honest John is now prepared for the fur- 
ther destruction of the people's money, the green- 
backs by cremation, which commenced in 1866 
and continued until 1877, in which Brother Sher- 
man was a conspicuous factor. By this time he had 
become fully acquainted with the tactics of the 
money kings and gold monarchs. He had seen 
the rapid increase of their millions, and their 
rapacious greed for more. ' - The Credit Strength- 
ening Act" (the cotn payment of the 5-20 bonds,) 
was now before the house, and if once passed, 
meant millions upon millions more added to their 
gluttonous coffers! But "honest John Sherman " 
by this time had also learned the value of his own 
influence in the house and senate, and henceforth 
his services were not to be obtained by the gold 
power, only by a larger share of the wholesale 
plunder. And to make the gold sharks feel the 
value and importance of his service, we find him 
delivering the startling speeches recently referred 
to on page 84, Please turn to the quotations. 

Other rebellious speeches of a similar character 
were made by Oliver P. Morton, Hon. Thad. 
Stevens and Ben. Wade about the same time. 

It was now the turn of the gold kings to come 
to their knees, which they certainly did with 
magnificent offerings ! Honest John, triumphant, 



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with assured promises of his share of the spoil, 
he can now afford to make a public confession of 
true repentance: And in 1879, "in a speech 
made in Toledo, said that:" " To refuse to pay 
the bonds in gold would be repudiation and 
extortion, and would be scoffing at the blessings 
of Almighty God. " (True repentance, no longer 
a scoffing- repudiator; henceforth the national 

GODS CAN IMPLICITLY TRUST HIM!) 

WHAT A TRUE CONVERT CAN DO. 

Brother John, now a true convert to the "honest money" 
doctrine, had no trouble in bringing his "co-repudiators" 
to repentance, especially with Grant's inaugural brimstone 
bag to shake over their heads, and the promise of big 
round yellow blessings of the forty capitalists of New 
York, and the broad smile of King Rothschilds; who is 
always ready to richly reward influential, repentant stub- 
born scoffing " repudiators. " Thus the Credit Strength- 
ening Act, was passed without excessive difficulty. But be 
it remembered, that the unsuspicious citizens of the U. S. 
had, and still have to foot the bill of those rich golden 
blessings, received by Brother Sherman and his sainted co- 
laborers i See seven FINANCIAL CONSPIRACIES, 
by Mrs. S. E, V. Emery. Price io. cts. Lancing, Mich. 

THE GARB OF AN ANGEL OF LIGHT! 

Honest John, this political guerrilla bi-metallic enemy 
after successfully securing the National Banking System — 
in the senate by the hazardous majority of two votes, cau- 
tiously avoided a discussion of the whole, and under a 



88 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



motion to refer, which cut off all amendments, the 
friends of the bill debated its general merits. " When 
by parlimentary tactics, it was forced to a final vote, it 
passed under the gag rule of the previous question by a 
vote of 78 to 64. " Now beloved, when in all Earth's ci r : 
picture, have you ever seen a more ungodly and diabolical 
scheme for enriching the few and impoverishing 
the masses. It simply consists in giving the people's 
money on which they are paying interest to a few of their 
aristocratic neighbors now called bankers, who in turn 
loan back to them their own money at an extortionate inter- 
est, generally secured by a mortgage on their farms or by 
other valuable security! Please read Moulton's History of 
American Finance. We should not forget that government 
officials are chosen and appointed by the people as their 
trusted servants, tho they assume the position of masters; 
and that all the money in their care, (excepting their 
own salary fixed by themselves) belongs to the people, 
and yet the people's stewards arrogate to themselves the 
ownership of all they survey! Now honest John, after per- 
forming his part in forging the fetters of his admiring and 
confiding constituents, and devising and laying the foun- 
dation for the throne and crown of himself and his fellow 
conspirators, comes out in the guise of an angel of 
light, a benefactor and protector of the people! Read 
our quotation from a speech of his made in opposition to the 
Resumption Act in 1889 as follows. 

" To every -person except a capitalist out of debt, 
or a salaried officer, or annuitant, it is a period 
of loss, danger, lassitude of trade, fall of wages, 
suspension of enterprise, bankruptcy, and disaster. 






WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 89 



* * // means the ruin of all dealers whose debts 
are twice their business capital, though one-third 
less than their actual fro perty \ It means the fall 
of all agricultural -productions without any g 
reduction of taxes. When that day comes, every 
man, as the sailor says, will be close-reefed, all 
enterprise will be suspended, every bank will have 
contracted its currency to the lowest limit: and 
the debtor, compelled to meet in coin a deb :on- 
iracied in currency, will find the coin hoardea 
treasury, no representative of coin in cirt 
his property shrunk not only to the extent of . 
appreciation of the currency ', but still more by the m > 
ft rial scarcity made by the holders of gold. To attempt 
this task by a surprise upon our people by arresting them 
in the midst of their lawful business and applying a new 
standard of value to their property , without any reduction 
of their debts, or giving them an opportunity to compound 
with their creditors, or to distribute the losses, would be an 
act of folly without an example in evil in modern times. " 

Who could criticise or gainsay the above quo- 
tations? Every intelligent constituent in Ohio 
is loud in its praise. No one suspects its CO VER T 
motive! Ohio must see to it that, " Honest John 
Sherman, " shall occupy some honorable position 
in the U. S. government, to the day of his death! 

Only for him the country would be ruined! 

But beloved, with modern developements before us, 
who can believe that this " Venerable Senator " while in 
the hellish act of destroying the people's money, (the 
green-backs,) and with all his financial skill and ability, 



90 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



had introduced, and helped to pass the National Banking 
System, and who in 1873 acted such a conspicuous part in 
the demonetization of silver, could all this time have been 
an honest man? Who can fail to see that those truthful 
and telling speeches were expressly designed to inspire 
confidence on the one hand, and on the other, to impress 
the gold power with the importance of his undivided tal- 
ents and influence? And now, at the age of 72, we find 
that his guerrilla powers are still unabated — and that his 
attachment to the aristocratic gold powers is as firm as 
it was in 1873. And that he is as fully determined on the 
destruction of bi-metallism and the government notes 
as at or prior to 1877 Notwithstanding his declarations of 
confidence in, and friendship for, government notes, in his 
big campaign biography, the very first opportunity that is 
offered, he presents a bill that covertly aims at the perfect 
retirement of the greenbacks, to which reference is made 
in The American Banker of Jan, 8, 1896; which devotes 
two full columns to criticisms on the ' 'Venerable Senator's " 
resolution. It says in part: " The more one considers Mr. 
Sherman's presentation of his case, the more one wonders 
at Us superficiality. In reissuing its paper notes after they 
have been takenin, in exchange for gold, the Treasury does 
what every bank does ,and therefore Mr. Sherman holds that 
the policy of absolute cancellation is indefensible. If that be 
so, why introduce a bill which provides in time for their can- 
cellation; for a bill backed by its equivalent in specie is no 
longer a credit note. Mr. Sherman's measure is intended 
to prevent reissue except u?ider circumstances which con- 
vert the note into a certificate of deposit, absolutely se- 
cured by cash held in the Treasury." * * 

In the criticisms referred to, we find the Senator's 
hypocritical pretense modestly exposed. 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 91 



'HONEST MONEY'S" POLITICAL TEXTBOOK! 



Before dismissing- Brother Sherman and his 
political campaign book, we would remark that, 
it is reasonable to expect that he makes some 
reference to the numerous charges made 
against him of corrupt legislation, and of the 
fraudulent use of the people's money. Or is it 
possible that he passes them all by, and treats 
them as mere flea bites, or as the barking- of 
harmless curs, conscious that his character and 
numerous acts, in the house and senate are 
unquestionable, and that his prospects of 
high position as the gift of the people, are still 
as bright as in earlier days? We may now no- 
tice some of the public charges that we would 
naturally expect to claim his most serious atten- 
tion, which are being scattered broadcast over 
the country. 

1. His secret connection with, and complicity 
in, the fraudulent passage of the Mint and 
Coinage Bill, which so covertly demonetized silver! 

2. His co-partnership with his brother, Judge 
Charles Sherman, in the reception of $10,000.00 
for his influence in securing the repeal of the 
tax law on borrowed capital, in the interest of 
the New York Stock Exchange, shortly before 
his successful rade on bi-metallism. 



92 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



Perhaps Brother Sherman will explain what 
part of the $10,000.00 he got for his share; and 
what the consideration was, for non-impeach- 
ment both of himself and the Judge. 

3. Perhaps Brother John will interest his con- 
stituents by telling* them just what sum of money 
he received from the "honest money" kings, for 
securing the veto of President Hayes, after the 
bill to repeal the act of 1873, which had so sucess- 
fully demonetized silver, had passed both houses! 

But we could hardly expect "Honest John" to 
reveal any of President Hayes' secrets. What 
ever may be in his possession as to the President's 
transactions, we could not expect him to even 
intimate, that he at that time, received a half 
or a whole million dollars; and to conceal the 
knowledge of his wealth, and the possible suspic- 
ion of corruption, went into retired rural life as 
a chicken or poultry raiser! No, it would not do 
to have an}^ thing of that kind in his campaign 
book. But one thing is quite certain, and well 
known to the financial world, that the gold in- 
terests of both Europe and America, at that mo- 
ment, were held in the hands of President Hayes! 

And we all know how liberal and noble hearted 
those gold philanthropists are in rewarding the 
heroic deeds of true patriots! 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 93 



The Associated Press, tells us, that Mr. Sher- 
man, speaks in the hig-hest praise of the chief 
executive. " (President Hayes.) 

4. But most assuredly, we would expect 
" Honest John Sherman" to explain when, and 
how it came to pass that " At one time, the First 
National Bank of New York — John Sherman's 
bank— had the free use of $43,000,000 of the 
people's money, at a time when its own capital 
stock was less than a quarter of a million." The 
people of Ohio, as also the whole nation, are en- 
titled to an explanation of such broadcast dec- 
larations. But just here, we may perhaps help 
to account for Mr. Sherman's zeal in securing* 
the passage of The National Banking* Law, and 
one of the great secrets of his rapid accumulation 
of wealth, with his fellow National Bankers. 
AN IRONICAL JEST 
ON THE POOR MAN'S INDEBTEDNESS. 

" O, he lives on the interest of what he owes!" 
This ironical joke on the poor debtor, becomes 
a national slander, and a true reproach in the 
case of the national bankers. They are author- 
ized (under certain restrictions) to issue their 
"promises to pay," on which they receive inter- 
est, frequently at extortionate rates. 

Thus they live and g*et rich, on the interest of 



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what they owe! Is it at all wonderful, that 
Brother Sherman was, and still is such a zealous 
friend to the National Banking- System? 

PRESIDENTIAL POWER, 

EITHER FOR GOOD OR EVIL. 

Now Beloved, can we not readily see how a cor- 
rupt, talented, far-seeing-, ambitious, gold-loving 
senator, should so earnestly desire to occupy 
the highest position in the gift of the people? 

There is evidently no end to human greed 
and ambition! And "honest John Sherman," is 
only one case in Earth's dark picture of thous- 
ands, that are blackening- and corroding- the 
the best g-overnments on Earth! Is it at all as- 
tonishing that he, with the full knowledge of 
the effects of a few strokes of the pen of Grant 
for de-monitization, and the same work of the 
pen of President Hayes against its repeal, in 
adding millions to the coffers of the millionaires, 
should so earnestly desire a position where the 
great men of the Earth (so-called) would be 
ready to bring their hidden treasures of gold 
and precious jewels, and lay them at his feet; 
without even his asking their liberal offerings! 

Who can be tnisted with this vetoing power? 



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' 'A SIL VER LEADER CONVER TED, 



HALL, OF MISSOURI, MAKES A SPEECH 
AGAINST THE MINE OWNERS," 



This is a convert recently developed, and no dourt, 
the gold kings have many other leaders under detp con- 
viction! Mr. Hall gives himself great credit for progress, 
and compares the bi-metallists to the Chinese of the Indies, 
and to the tribes of Africa; also to the lower grades of 
animals! What a wonderful argument from a full fledged 
congressional convert, red hot, right from the eold refine- 
ries! No doubt he would put the English, French, and 
German bi-metallists all in the same category with the 
American freesilver champions. Let us quote a few of 
the utterances of those European China, African, and 
lower grade animafs; as found below, 

n SILVER IN GERMANY, " 



"CHANCELLOR HOHENLOHE 
SYMPATHIZES WITH BI-METALLISTS. " 



Berlin, Feb. 8.— (1896.) "The pressure brought to bear 
upon the government by the German bi-metallists has 
resulted in squeezing from the ministers a statement on the 
subject. The imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, in 
the reichstag today, made the following declaration of 
policy in this connection: 'We have gone exhaustively 
into the question of raising and strengthening the value of 
silver with the federal governments, being guided by the 
conviction that the fluctuation and heavy fall in the price 



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of silver has entailed economic prejudice to Germany, 
in spite of the fact that her monetary system rested secure- 
ly on the gold standard. As the secretary of the treasury 
stated on February 1% 1895, the first point to be consid- 
ered is the serious injury to German silver mining. " 

Now beloved, let us see what " the lower grade of ani- 
mals " in France have to say on the subject of bi-metallism: 



" FRANCE HONORS THE BI-METALLISTS. " 

Paris, Dec. 12.— (1895) M. Bourgeois, president of the 
council of ministers, and M. Doumer, minister of finance, 
received the delegates of the bi-metallic leagues of Great 
Britain, France and Germany today, whose conference 
opened here Tuesday under the presidency of M. Loubet, 
president of the French Bi-metallic League. Later in the 
day the delegates were received by President Faure. 

The object of the conference is to draft a resolution re- 
garding bi-metallism, which will be submitted to the parli- 
ments of the three countries. 

M. Domuer, addressing the bi-metallists, said that the 
government could not but regard favorably a campaign 
undertaken with a view of checking the effects of a crisis 
which nobody thinks of denying, and all were agreed as 
to the gravity of the evil. The solution of the problem, he 
continued, especially depended upon the success of the ef- 
forts in England. ( How servile and debasing, for great and 
powerful nations to be compelled to follow the dictation of 
a domineering power, in their financial legislation.) 

"At President Faure's reception M. Loubet, president 
of the French Bi-metallic League, said that the delegates 
completely agreed upon the programme to follow in 



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order to transfer the question of international bi-metallisra 
into actual practice. President Faure testified to his inter- 
est in the work of the league, and asked to read the minutes 
of the conference in order to study the matter.' ' 

We will now get a faint glimpse of what some of the 
English "lower grades of animals" are saying and doing 
to liberate and save themselve from the bondage and sla- 
very of their Gold Kings. {Financial war commenced ) 

"BIMETALLISM IN PARLIAMENT. ■ 



" London , Feb. 8. — (i896.) It has been heretofore staled 
by the Associated Press that there will be a strong bi-melal- 
lisi representation in the next parliment. The committee 
now number 125 members and is much stronger than ever 
before. The bi-metallic question^ it is said, will certainly 
come before the parliament during the month of March , " 
(To be, most assuredly crushed, as in the United States by 
the Gold Kings!) 



" THE LOWER GRADES OF ANIMALS" 

NOT ALL DEAD IN BELGIUM! 

" The Silver question In Belgium." 

Brussels y Feb, 8. — [/806.] The Central Agricultural 
Association has presented a petition to parliment in favor of 
bi-metallism y begging the government to bring the matter 
to the notice offoreig7i governments. [Instead of following 
the example of the youthful Bi-metal organization of 
America.] Had Mr. Hall confined his comparison of the 
''lower grade of animals" to those free silver leaders 
who have for years, been trying to get bi-metallism 
through the "concerted action of foreign governments!" 



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or through the clemency of old gold parties, we would not 
have considered him so very far astray. We really think It 
manifests a great lack of brain-power, on the part of free- 
silver champions, to remain separate, in opposing parties,. 
trying to coax the gold countries and parties to give 
them bi-metal or freesilver. The agitation and plea, for 
international silver conferences is, but a guerrillia subter- 
fuge of the gold element, designed to divert the mind, and 
delay the independent action of bi-metallists; as it is quite 
evident that the European nations will never come to har- 
monious terms on bi-metallism, until it is firmly established 
in the United States. Union, Union, Union; Organize, 
Organize, ORGANIZE, should be the motto of every 
Bi-metallist in the land, that expects ultimately to triumph. 



MISTER HALL'S CONVERSION. 

Mr. Ha 'I no doubt, deeply impressed the minds of the 
Gold Kings, by his success in putting the Income Tax bill 
through both houses in congress: tho they succeeded in up- 
seliing it at the last! They would very naturally say: i( this 
notorious SINNER must be converted, He has a strong 
mind, and despite the will, of our trusted Hill, he has carried 
it through! And if not converted, he may possibly become 
a mighty factor in the passage of the Free-silver Bill also. " 
So no doubt, both the threatenings and promises of the 
"lords many and the gods many" were freely used for 
his salvation! And now, while Mr. Hall is in the blessed 
enjoyment of full member ship with the heirs of the gold kings; 
there are, no doubt, many others under deep conviction, who 
are waiting and longing, for an opportunity of profitable 
conversion. But the gods are slow in their bids for inferior 
talents; except in cases of decisive votes, or VETOES! 



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The great majority of Republican, Democrat- 
ic and other voters, are much like the two dea- 
cons who, on their way home from church, after 
listening* to a learned discourse from their min- 
ister, — while discussing" his eloquence and great 
learning-: one at last remarked; ''but after all, 
I would like his preaching- much better if I could 
understand it; yes, replied the other, so would I, 
but then, when we pay for the best, we might 
as well have the best! So with most old party 
voters on hig-h tariff and "sound money." 
they appear to think that those speeches which 
they least understand are the best and for which 
they pay most dearly by their votes! 

REPUBLICAN DUPLICITY. 



Notwithstanding* the jubilent declarations of 
the "honest money" satelites, that "freesilver 
is dead, " on account of the Senate Free-silver 
Bill being- beaten in the house by an over- 
whelming- majority; it is quite evident that 
this "great majority in the house against bi- 
metallism, " is far from voicing the wish and 
sentiment of the people of the United States; 
in as much as those identical congressmen were 
all elected on a Bi-metallic platform! and have 



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evidently, most treacherously betrayed the de- 
sire and expectation of their confiding constit- 
uents. (Their gold conspirators excepted.) 

See quotations from the Republican Platform 
of 1892, held in Minneapolis. Also see some items 
of the senatorial debate on bi-metallism Feb. 26 
1896. 

"Teller took the floor to explain his connection 
with the formation of the Republican plat form of 
i8g2. He said he had drafted the first part 
of the financial plank, reading: ' The Ameri- 
can people from tradition and intent favor bi- 
metallism, and the Republican party demands 
the use of both gold and silver as standard money ^ 
and that its insertion in the platform had been 
secured by the joint efforts of himself and f ones of 
Nevada, after they had labored with the commit- 
tee on resolutions all night to secure a declaration 
for free coinage, " 

" All night. " * Does not this "all night" of 
opposition most conclusively show that the bi- 
metallic plank was received at the very last mo- 
ment with a mental reservation and intention to 
deceive the people, as well as the free-silver 
Republican leaders in the house? 

With this covert and hypocritical bi-metallic 
plank in the Republican platform, thousands of 



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unsuspecting free-silver voters, rushed to the 
polls, and gave " just one more vote for the good 
old party, " to be betrayed at the very first 
session of the next congress after the election! 

A few lines from Carter's speech will help to 
illustrate Republican duplicity. He says in part: 

"I submit that the Republican success will 
be rendered utterly impossible. If the plat- 
form of 1896 announces to the country that the 
plank on bi-metallism adopted at Minneapolis 
was a delusion, a fraud and a snare, it would be 
just as well for the Republican party to not 
make a nomination at St. Louis at all. — " Carter 
further stated that the interpretation placed 
on the Minneapolis platform by the Repub- 
licans of the East would lead them to wipe out 
the last vestige of legislation favorable to silver. 
With such a construction of the Minneapolis plat- 
form the silver Republicans were at war now 
and would continue to be at war. " * "But nei- 
ther of those senators understood, with their 
knowledge of the English language and what it 
ordinarily means> that the platform could be 
construed into total obliteration of all legislation 
on the statute books in favor of silver. " 

REPUBLICAN EXPLANATION 
OF BI-METALLISM BY "HONEST J. SHERMAN." 



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In this connection we give a few lines from 
Mr. Teller's speech. " Teller then went on to 
say 'that this pronunciation for bi-metallistn 
was a declaration for silver coinage, and he as- 
serted that Sherman was the only high financial 
authority who contended that bi-metallism could 
be secured by any other means than by the coin- 
age of both metals on equal terms.' .... "He 
then quoted from a newspaper report of a speech 
made by Sherman at the opening of the last 
Ohio Republican state convention, in which 
Sherman was reported as saying ' that bi-metall- 
ism consisted in coining only fractional silver 
coins.' Teller added that this was a practical 
declaration for the gold standard, and said in 
that position he would refuse to follow the Ohio 
senator. " (Now comes honest John's confession.) 

" Sherman followed Teller, saying 'that the 
newspaper extract quoted from had represented 
him correctly.' " * This explanation of bi-met- 
allism, is the first and only clear cut exposition 
of that subject we have seen from the Repub- 
lican bosses. They appear to work on the Ma- 
sonic rule of secrecy; and use such words and 
phrases in their platforms as none but the 
initiated can understand. And as soon as they 
are returned to power, commence the explana- 
tion of their platform, in harmony with the 



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wish and will of their gold clad employers. 

CONTINUATION OF TELLER'S SPEECH. 

' 'Teller was on his feet as Sherman closed. " 
''The senator from Ohio cannot divert me" 
'said Teller,' " by his old silver speech, the same 
one he has been delivering- for twenty years, 
and the same one I have heard so often before. " 
' Teller declared that the definitions of bi-metal- 
lism by Sherman were erroneous, were contrary 
to those accepted by state and national conven- 
tions, contrary to the accepted understanding- 
of France and other foreign countries. The 
Republican party could not be stultified, said 
Teller, by the deception and fraud and the 
bunko g-ame of the sing-le g*old standard advo- 
cates. With impassioned tones, addressing" 
himself to Sherman, Teller repudiated the sug-- 
gestion that the state of Colorado would ever 
accept the dishonest interpretation of bimetal- 
lism here presented, and if it did, added Teller, 
he would cease to represent that state in the 
United States senate. "The senator (Sherman) 
speaks of the death of silver, " ' exclaimed Teller,' 
"but I warn him that he will find a lively corpse, 
to rise up and haunt him. 

The safety of the Republican party, " conclu- 



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ded Teller, "lies in adherence to honest sound 
money made up of the two metals. But if the 
Republican party puts its self under the leader- 
ship of the senator from Ohio (Sherman), the glo- 
ry of the past will be obliterated by that infamy." 

Republican and Democratic Bi-metallists. 

While we hold the above named parties in 
high esteem for their educational work, we 
can by no means consider them guiltless; as 
they know the intrigues, self-seeking", and cor- 
ruption of their old party leaders. By remaining 
in those old corrupt parties, with no hope of re- 
form, they evidently become partakers of their 
crimes. The success of the gold party guerrillas, 
in dividing up old parties on the silver question, 
and other vital reforms; shows the absolute im- 
portance of an independent party, fully com- 
mited to prohibition, bi-metallism and govern- 
ment issue of all money without the interference 
of national banks &c. ( Crucifixion the price! — ) 

ARGUMENTS AND WEAPONS OF 
SO UND MONE Y AD VO CA TES. 

The old familiar cry of the subsidized press; 
that " free-silver is dead, that it has ceased to 
be an issue in politics," — is not quite so frequent- 



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ly heard just now, while bi-metallism is being* 
adopted in the platform of so many county and 
state conventions. Bi-metallism, really appears 
to be asserting- its claimes with greater clearness 
and energy than for many years in the past. 
Failing- to find sound arg-uments for the " sound 
money" lords, the hireling- newspapers are, and 
have been resorting- to scurrilous or opprobrious 
epithets, in strict keeping- with the old custom 
of corrupt g-overnments in their efforts to crush 
their reform opponents; thus, their custom is to 
use the following* expressions, when speaking 
of bi-metallists : ' ' Silver maniacs, " ' ' insane, " 
1 'of the dog- in the manger spirit, " ''holding- up 
practice, " " mono-maniac obstructionists, " 
"treason, " "conspirators," "the 16 to 1 fanatics;" 
is the latest we have seen. Arg-uments of this 
character, are undoubtedly the easiest and most 
powerful, with a certain class, that the "sound 
money" advocates can possibly use; but intelli- 
gent people, will consider the gold kings exceed- 
ingly hard up to be compelled to pay for such 
disgusting subterfuges; yet, some, can more 
easily appreciate a slander than they can a sound 
argument! But beloved, in this dark feature of 
Earth's dark picture, there is certainly, a 
glimmer of hope arising in the political hori- 



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zon for true bi-metallists. First, the birth, 
growth, and energetic co-operation of the lately 
organized National Silver Party, is inspiring-. 

Second, the awakening* conscience of the 
traitorous leaders of the " Sound Money" Party. 

The idea of the money kings and their satel- 
lites having a conscience, may possibly excite a 
smile from bi-metaliist, who are fully cognizent 
of all the criminal intrigues of the gold power; 
but recent events most clearly show that there 
is a latent spark hidden in the bosom of the most 
hardened champions of " honest money!" 
A MOST STARTLING EPISODE. 

One of the most remarkable examples of a 
stricken conscience that has ever occured since 
the days of Judas Iscariot, occurred but a few 
weeks ago. The startling headlines of this most 
wonderful tragedy appear below, 

%i M. D. BARTER IS BEAD 

Famous Sound Money Leader Shoots Himself" 
"INSOMNIA UNBALANCED HIM." 



A quickened conscience, and self execution, 
better than life in crime, with millions ill-gotten! 

Let all traitors to their country take warning, 
as justice will not, always slumber. 



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Over one full column of the Seattle Post-Intell- 
igencer of Feb. 23, 1P96 is devoted to a biograph- 
ical sketch of the life, business, politics, and 
financial career, of this congressional free silver 
enemy. The sketch speaks of him in part ?s 
follows; " Michael D. Harter zv as famous as the 
leader of the fight against stiver in the last con- 
gress "He is quiet in manner, flam in dress, 

a student by habit, and for the larger part of his 
life has been a banker and manufacturer . . . . "He 
first attacked silver through the Grand Army 
posts, and it cost him, while he was doing it, from 
$100 to $200 a week in postage and clerk hire. 
" He next sent circulars to the bankers of the coun- 
try, and then to all the labor organizations in the 
United States, in simple language urging them 
to insist upon their congressmen voting against 
free silver. " . . . . This short sketch, we opine, 
w^ill clearly show Mr. Harter's connection with 
the gold kings, both of New York and London. 

What close-fisted banker and speculator would 
spend his own time and money so lavishly with- 
out large hopes of golden reward? Is it at all 
surprising that after betraying his Lord, (the 
people,) he should, Judas like, go and hang 
or shoot himself? And is it at all astonishing 
that his gold friends and the subsidized press 
should be so perfectly mute as to his suicide 



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that not one in ten thousand are aware of it? 
It would appear that by general consent, or 
universal agreement, this horrible tragedy disap- 
peared from the public journals, after this first 
appearance. Had it been the downfall or suicide 
of a Prohibitionist, Bi-metallist, Single-taxer, 
Populist or any other troublesome reform leader, 
we would scarcely have heard the end of it. 



A THREE YEAR OLD CONVERT 
CARRIES THE BAG. 



Secretary Carlisle is, probably, the most bril- 
liant convert the ' ' gold standard " saints have 
manufactured lor the last decade — his devices 
and arguments most bewildering to the un- 
sophisticated voters. He was, previous to his 
conversion, a free silver sinner well worth the 
price of his miraculous change to the gods of 
this world, who occasionally exert their mysteri- 
ous power in the conversion of the most 
dangerous "free silver" sinners. 

Mr. Carlisle's recent speech at Chicago will 
illustrate his adaptability to the intrigues of 
his masters. We quote in part a review of it 
from the Chicago Express of April 25, 1896. 
Most readers, who have time and ability to read 



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and investigate, have no doubt given this fa- 
mous speech careful consideration, and as our 
space is limited, we quote but sparingly as below. 

"JOHNG. CARLISLE" 



"SPEAKS AT THE AUDITORIUM IN 
THE INTEREST OF GOLD BUGS. 

PRETENDED HE WAS ACTING UNDER 
AUSPICES OF ORGANIZED LABOR. 



THE FALSEHOOD REJECTED— MEETING 
BREAKS UP IN CONFUSION. 



WAGE EARNERS NOT EVEN PERMITTED 
TO ASK QUESTIONS. 



PEOPLE'S PARTY MAN DRAG ED 
OUT BY THE POLICE, " 



"For several weeks the daily subsidized gold- 
bug organs and bankers' mouthpieces of this 
city have advertised that John G. Carlisle was 
invited by organized labor to visit this city and 
address the workingmen on the question of 
finance- Although officially denied by the or- 
ganized workingmen yet day after day the press 
advertised the meeting in the same manner 



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and kept up the false claim that the meeting- 
was to be held under the auspices of organized 
labor. When Secretary Carlisle arrived in the city 
on Wednesday of last week, he was the guest of the 
bankers and money changers and when he spoke 
on Wednesday night it was at the auditorium, a 
building* that ordinarily the workingrnen could 
see the inside of only by contributing- two 
days' wages to a corporation of speculators. 

The labor organizations meet in halls costing 
from $2. 00 to $5. 00 per night. The auditorium 
costs six hundred dollars per night. 

The whole pretense of Carlisle's visit being 
under auspices of labor was a fake and a fraud. " 

But the public were not to be wholly deceived 
by this gigantic u fake"of the gold mongers, as 
the labor organization adopted precautionary 
measures to undeceive the people as to their 
true sentiments on the silver question. The 
sketch goes on to state in part as follows. 
. . . . " Two thousand five hundred circulars were 
scattered through the audience in sealed envel- 
opes marked Official proclamations from the 
chief officers of the labor union of the U. S. '" 

4 6 These envelopes contained very pointed decla- 
rations on the political issues of the day signed 
by the officers of all the great iabor organizations. 



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4 'This proclamation after reciting* the manner 
by which demonetization was secured and show- 
ing- the evil results closed with the following: 

"We demand of the present Congress the im- 
mediate return to the money of the constitution 
as established by our fathers by restoring* the 
free and unlimited coinage of both g*old and sil- 
ver at the present ratio of 16 to 1, the coins of 
both metals to be equally full leg*al tender for 
all debts, public and private, as before the fraud- 
ulent demonetization of silver in 1873 

" Cards containing- the following- were scat- 
tered throughout the audience by the trade 
unionists: ' John G. Carlisle of Kentucky, after 
a lifetime devoted to the coinag*e of silver at the 
ratio of 16 to 1, was suddenly converted in 1893 
to the g-old standard in order to secure a seat in 
Cleveland's cabinet. 

4 He now comes here, fresh from the banquet 
tables of the Wall street goldbugs, to tell the 
idle and starving- working-men of Chicag-o how 
they may be successfully robbed by the g-oldbugs 
for the next four years. '".... 

"The speech was made without interruption, 
almost without a murmer of applause from any 
part of the house, but at its close Col. J. C. 
Roberts, a well known populist, requested the 



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privilege of asking- the speaker a question. 

"When the question was asked it caused a general com- 
motion in the gold bug ranks. "The voice of Col. 
Roberts rang out in clear and distinct tones: 
I would like to ask the honorable Secretary if in 1878 
he did not state in Congress that a consumation of the 
scheme to demonetize silver would ultimately entail more 
misery upon the human race than all the wars, pestilence 
and famine that ever occured in the history of the world?" 

A SHARP ANSWER TO Col. ROBERT'S QUESTION. 

"Col. Roberts bad barely stated the question when he 
was surrounded by the police, seized by a blue coated 
minion of plutocracy and placed under arrest. 

" Carlisle turned his back without making any reply. " 

The statement of Col. Roberts would be of interest in 
this connection, but we cannot spare the space. 

Now beloved, with all these dark pictures of corrup- 
tion, tyranny and oppression before us, fully portraying 
the character of the " sound money" leaders, how can 
we as honest Christian voters cast our lot with them at 
the ballot box when we know that immediately after the 
elections they would scarcely condescend to look upon or 
shake hands with us? 

Having briefly noticed some of the corruptions of our 
high officials, noting some of their collusions and confus- 
ions, we have now come in touch with our highest national 
executive, the king of kings and lord of lords among 
American " sound money " satelites; Grover Cleveland. 

Since the demonetization of silver in 1873, there has not 
been found a more substantial and trusty friend to the 
gold and monopoly interests than President Cleveland. 



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In this respect, (X sound money" advocates and wealthy 
combines are loud in his praise; and his political history is 
so well known that it would be extreme folly for us to 
attempt a review either of his private or public career. 

As to the personal pecuniary advantages he has received 
from his wealthy aristocratic subjects and foreign advi- 
sors is best known to himself, as he is a man who generally 
keeps his own counsel. But it is believed, and roundly 
asserted, that he has already become a millionaire! And 
why not, considering his surroundings, his superior advan- 
tages, the dark moral and financial p : cture of corruption 
both in Europe and America? Why not become a mil- 
lionaire in a very few years with his advantages, financial 
abilty and love of power and filthy lucre, and the oppor- 
tunities of accomplishing the supreme desire of his soul 
placed at his finger ends? What reformer would refuse? 

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT? 

What could, and what should we naturally expect from 
a man who, for such promotion would cater to the de- 
pravity of the slums of New York and other large cities, 
and to the whiskey power of the nation and their associate 
evils, and to that corrupt Tammany Ring of New Yoik 

POSSIBILITIES OF A CORRUPT, 
PERJURED, AND AMBITIOUS PRESIDENT. 

When once depravity has reached its climax, pnd the 
lust for "honest money " a boiling heat, a retreat to some 
secluded or quiet hunting or fishing ground becomes 
exceedingly desirable for the purpose of cooling cff 
and concocting devices for the successful achievement of 
long sought wealth. But for deep plots and schemes, 
"two are better far than one. " So during some of those 



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long- fishing* excursions, private cipher telegrams 
are being* dispatched back and forth between 
the most conspicuous American sportsman and 
England's greatest speculator and money-loaner! 
The cipher dispatches, the witches themselves 
could not interpret. But quite recently the X 
rays have been turned upon those mysterious 
dispatches 'between London and Washington's 
Fishing- Ground with wonderful success. 

STARTLING REVELATION! 

So Lord. . our . .fir. . . has refused to . . ar? R. . . 

Yes, but must come to terms. C 

... .Just so, and you can now immortalize your- 
self, before the nation and the whole world; and 
make a millionaire of yourself before your term 
of office expires! Now is the time R 

Your thought may be the same as mine, 

please explain more fully C 

With pleasure: Both countries are ripe 

for an EXPLOSION of some kind: Get up 

a strong threatening message to Con on 

the M Doct, .... leave two or three 

loop-holes both for yourself and Sa 

The senate and house will take it up with 
zeal, the whole country will be in arms or in a 
fighting mood, .... the prospects of war will be 
ominous! Bonds, stocks and securities will go 



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down with a swoop, and when at their lowest 
-point, I, with my staff of agents will buy, and 
after the storm is over and prices restored, .... 
you and I will equally devide the profits, which 

are sure to reach their millions ! R 

.... Tour thought is identical with "my own, but 
thousands of shaky firms would go to the moles 

and bats in the terrible cyclone! . . . . C 

. . . .fust so, but we cannot help consequences ; .... 
it is by the ruin of others, yes even nations, that 

we make our millions! . . . . R 

But how can the stormy billows be quieted, 

an I war prevent ea? C. . . . 

War; no fear: we wilt all say soft words, and 

4< a soft answer turneth away wrath. " After calm deliber- 
ation, the people of both countries would as soon consent 
to an internal war in their own nations: It would destroy 
the gold stent atd and reinstate silver cr bi-meiallism. It 
would ruin both countries: lord . . S , . must yietd, R. . . 
. . . All right, your word is good for mil/ions whether i?i 
ciphers or plain figures. Have your money and agents 
ready and I will fire the dynamite bomb that will shake 
the financial W;r<d to ifs center. . . . C. . . . 

Now beloved, who dares to say that the above 
is not among the possibilities in this state of fi- 
nancial and political corruption of the world; 
even after nearly nineteen hundred years of Gos- 
pel and reform labor to restore the race to right 
action and true happiness? 



116 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



As an eye opener, we now call attention • to 
the fall stocks, and the thousands of failures 
immediately after the famed message to congress 
on the Monroe Doctrine and the Venezue 1 an 
question, as being- strictly in harmony with the 
foregoing- cipher possibilities. 

We give below a clipping- from one of our dai- 
ly journals which requires no comment from us. 

A TELLTALE DISPATCH. 

"The Vienna correspondent of the Daily News has news 
from St. Petersburg that the Russian minister in the Uni- 
ted States has been instructed to report all details of the 
dispute (between Eng. and the U. S. ) to his government. 

" The czar would Ike to see the question arbitrated, 
says the 'Daily News correspondent. " 

11 The Standard's Vienna dispatch says: Shortly before 
the closing of the bourse BARON ALBERT ROTHS- 
CHILD gave orders to buy 50 000 shares of various kinds/ 
( Probably averaging from $500 000 to $1 000 000 each!) 

" This p irtty restored confidence \ 

"The daily papers this morning in their editorials gen- 
erally comment upon the financial situation of the panic, 
and express confidence that in the long run the common 
sense which Mr. Gladstone advises wil) prevail and extri- 
cate the public from the difficulty caused by President 
Cleveland's precipitate action. " 

" The Standard, Conservative, while admitting thi> 
thinks whatever remedies congress adopts America must 
for some time to come in an economic sense go from bad to 
worse. " (Yes, until disintegration takes place.) 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 117 



Who could believe for a moment, that " Eng- 
land's American pet," had the least desire or 
expectation of war with Great Britain? 

Had our senators and congressmen for a sin- 
gle instant suspected a gig-antic scheme for the 
depreciation of stocks, bonds and securities; 
would they have aided and abetted it by war like 
resolutions? Knowing the pride and lion like 
character of Great Britain, what else but war 
could be expected? England back down, no 
never! Is it any wonder that stocks, bonds and 
"shares of various kinds " should go down so 
rapidly? But Rothschild and Co. with perhaps 
some few confidential friends were prepared to 
take advantage of the sudden fall in bonds &c, 
well knowing the storm would soon be over. 

A WONDERFUL CONTRAST. 

None of our public journals have noticed the 
striking discrimination of our president in favor 
of Venezuela to the entire neglect of our nearer 
suffering sister Cuba. England who had not as 
yet laid hands on Venezuela, had to be threat- 
ened with the punishment of a cruel war, in 
case of her refusing to arbitrate her claims. 
But Spain can be allowed to slaughter and 
maltreat and imprison our American sub- 



118 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 

jects, with scarcely a word from his royal majesty 
notwithstanding the declarations and disgust of 
both houses of congress and the universal outcry 
of the whole American people against the cruel 
barbarities of Spain in Cuba! Where is the 
solution of this gig-antic enigma to be found? 
Where else can it be found but in the love and 
interest of our highest official for the "sound 
money" or gold standard doctrine? A decla- 
ration of the belligerency of Cuba, or a 
strong- threatening- messag-e to congress against 
Spain, now in the time of her desperation might 
result in actual war, to the great depreciation 
of stock, bonds and "shares of various kinds" 
recently purchased by Rothschild and Co. dur- 
ing the late war scare caused by the famous 
presidential message on the Venezuelan ques- 
tion and the Monroe doctrine. 

No, the time for depreciation is now past: No 
thought of war with Spain or any other nation 
can for a moment be tolerated. Gold interest 
bearing bonds and "shares of various kinds," 
must not be depreciated by any chance of war 
with Spain, (tho a much less formidable foe 
than Great Britain.) Selfishness predominates! 

Can we, beloved, follow such gold loving lead- 
ers, and cast our vote for the millioniares? No. 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER H f 

CHAPTER XII. 



EARTH'S DARK PICTURE 
COMMENCING TO FADE. 



In the midst of all the pride, pomp, arrogance, 
intrigues, deception, avarice, oppression, and 
cruelty both in church and state throughout the 
entire world; there never was a time in the his- 
tory of Earth, when the lightning flashes of 
Divine truth were so brilliant and numerous, 
from "the East even unto the West, * ;5 as at the 
present time. New developments of hidden 
treasures of truth which have been allowed to 
smoulder under mountains of ignorance and su- 
perstition for centuries, have been found both 
in the revelations of God's Word and in the 
realms of nature: This in connection with mo- 
dern discoveries, recent, inventions and the full 
development of God's Infinite love in His plan 
of the ages, for the salvation of the race; is 
really proving to be <4 a feast of fat things, a 
feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of 
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 5 ' Isa. 
25: 6. The spirit of religious, moral and politi- 
cal growth is so fervent that it is becoming more 
aad more uncontrolable by the D. D's, and the 



120 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



LL. D's and the Kings, Emperors, Czars, 
Sultans, President?, and the innumerable party 
political bosses! Uprising's and protestations of 
various kinds are of daily occurrence. 

Old political governments and parties, are be- 
ing- threatened with rupture from center to cir- 
cumference. New reforms, and religious orga- 
nizations for the enlightenment of the people 
are of continued occurrence here in our own be- 
loved United States. What does all this reli- 
gious and political fomentation indicate but the 
glorious dawn of Millennial Day? However, it 
is quite possible, and even probable, as previous- 
ly intimated in this work, that before the clear- 
ing of the religious and political heavens, 
the United States as well as other countries, 
may find themselves writhing in "the lake that 
burnetii with fire and brimstone." (Internal 
war and mob law.) Nothing less than fire and 
brimstone can well be expected to loosen the 
grasp of the gold and wealthy combines, from 
the throats of the poor and laboring classes. 

But the darkness is fading away, and the 
glorious day is near at hand, whatever calamity 
may intervene. Just while completing the few 
previous chapters, (the work progressing very 
slowly) it is really marvelous what changes 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 121 



have taken place in our own country! It would 
appear that financial revolution is now almost 
a certainty. The great Republican party has 
split on the silver question, under the leader- 
ship of that great statesman, Senator Teller. 
And the renowned Democratic party is repu- 
diating- its old corrupt leaders, and with an 
overwhelming- majority, are sending- freesilver 
deleg-ates to their National Convention, now in a 
few days to meet at Chicago. (Would to God 
they could appreciate the superior importance of 
the liquor question. ) The Populists are unani- 
mous for freesilver. And but a few weeks past, 
a young- Prohibition, woman-suiferage, Free- 
silver &c. &c. party was born under the most 
favorable auspices and was named the National 
party. And in its gig-antic infancy chose as 
nominee for President, C. E. Eently; and for 
Vice President, J. H. Southg-ate, both of whom 
to know, is to admire and respect. Ex. Governor 
John P. St. John, that renowned politician and 
statesman, is recognized as the leader of this 
wonderful movement, with a mighty host of tal- 
ented colleagues. (Bound to triumph.) We just 
notice that they are honored with an invitation 
to meet with the Populists at their National 
Convention, at St. Louis Aug. 22. 1896. 



122 WORDS Of 4 GOOD CHEEK- 



broad AND NARROW GUAGE. 

It has been well known, that for months past, 
there has been a sharp controversy going* on in 
the ranks of that glorious old Prohibition party 
on the subject of the platform to be adopted at 
Pittsburg, where the national convention of the 

part)' was to be held The contention 

was between what was called the Broad and 
Narrow Guage factions. The Broad Guagers 
contended for all the subjects in the platform 
that would be required in a popular goverment 
of Thb Pboplb, by The Pkopi,k. The Nar- 
row Guagers with much ability, contended for 
a single plank, (Prohibition,) or as few as 
possible, at least that nothing divisive should be 
introduced in the platform! Both factions 
were confident of a successful majority at the 
convention; but the Voice of New York by pri- 
vate correspondence with the leaders of the fac- 
tions came to the conclusion, that the Broad 
Guagers were slightly in the majority. However 
it would appear that many of the Broad Guage 
delegates from the far West failed to put in an 
appearance at the National Convention; conse- 
quently the result was that the Narrow Guage 
Party carried the day; which terminated in the 

organization of the NATIONAL PARTY! 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 123 



In closing- this chapter, and this part of our 
little book; we would like to give our readers 
the bearing-s of the writer towards this New 
Political Party. And in doing- this, will simply 
repeat a letter written to R. S. Thompson, man- 
aging- editor of The New Era Co. Spring-field, 
Ohio. And by the wa}^, we would remark that 
we are informed that this paper is selected as the 
official organ of the new National Party. 



A POLITICAL DREAM! 

Dear Sir, I Thought I would write you a few 
lines, and let you know my leanings as to the 
late Broad and Narrow Guage factions: And to 
this end, perhaps I could not do better than to 
give you a sketch of my short speech made in op- 
position to the approval of the late National 
Prohibition Platform, and nominee for Presi- 
dent, recently held at Pittsburg. 

You have no doubt received an account by this 
time of our State convention held in Seattle on 
the 12 — I will not attempt to give an account of 
*he conventior, except to notice some points hi 
my own short speech which were omitted in the 
general report. (Reports of the numerous interest- 
ing speeches was of necessity abbreviated.) 



124 WORDS OF GOOD CHISER. 

(SKETCH FROM THE SEATTLE REPORT. 



POST-INTELLIGENCER, JUNE ij f 1896. 

tl A curious incident was the dream related by an el- 
derly gentleman from one of the outside districts , in 
which he said he had seen visionary impersonations of the 
Prohibition and National parties, the former a beautiful 
woman with but one tooth and the latter one, . . her progeny 
with a full set of ivories. The allusion was, of course, to 
the numerous planks in the latter party aid the one (plank) 
in the former. The manner in which the vision was rela- 
ted caused much laughter and applause." ) 

The dream of the "elderly gentleman " noticed in the 
report represented the dreamer as beholding in his vi&on 
a stately, middle aged and beautiful woman whom he 
greatly admired for her apparant intelligence and purity. 

Just at this moment of admiring inquiry, a stranger step- 
ped forward and enquired, "do you know that lady? no, 
who is she? answered the dreamer. Why! That is Mrs. 
Prohibition, that nearly every body secretly admires, and 
before whom the rum elements "fear and tremble!" 

But look at her again as she speaks, for her mouth is 
seldom ever closed, At an other moment's observation, 
as she parted her lips to speak, the dreamer exclaimed: 
O, she has only got one tooik! How is that, for this beautiful 
middle-aged woman? Answer, Well, as strange as it 
may appear, answered the stranger; I knew the time when 
this renowned Indy had as good and as sound a set of 
teeth as any woman in the land, and was rapidly becom- 
ing a great thorn in the flesh of the gold kings, sound 
mor-ey men, monopolists, and wealthy combines. 

And strange to say, those influential parties got around ! 
this love'y woman, and persuaded her that it would be 



WOEDS OF GOOD CHEEK. 125 



much to her health and success in life, if she would hare 
all her teeth extracted save one: And strange to say; their 
game was successiul, and every tooth save one, was ex- 
tracted! At this stage of the dream, the sleeper became 
much excited, and earnestly enquired of the stranger 
if this great woman had any progeny; and was readily 
answered in the affirmative, with a brief and interesting 
account of the birth of her first and only son. He dramati- 
cally related that for some months previous to her delivery- 
she was evidently and mysteriously pregnant, in some re- 
spects, similar to that of the mother of the blessed 
Jesu-! The stranger related that thousands were expect- 
ing a mysterious birth; and that some had even gone so 
far as lo have a name ready for the child! But not until 
the actual extracting of her beautiful sound teeth, did her 
traveling pains come on, and after a few throes of intense 
agony, the wonderful Child w r as born. And to the 
great j >y of thousands who were anxiously expecting this 
birth; the Chi;d was not stiil born, neither did he cry 
as most babes at birth, with a tearful plaintive cry; but 
vith the voice of "seven thunders,'' he exclaimed: 

"LIBERTY, JUSTICE, EQUALITY! " (Party motto. ^ 
And the stranger continued; immediately there was heard 
in the political heavens a multitude of the heavenly host 
crying aloud: 'Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth 
peace, good will towards men. " But, continued the stran- 
ger, one of the strangest phenomenon that was ever rela- 
ted ei: her in fact or fiction, was visible almost instantly 
after his birth: That he was nearly as large, if not lareer 
than his mother, and with A FULL SET OF TEETH! 

The dreamer then enquired; what is the bearing of the 
s<>n towards his one toothed mother? 

Answer. Most courteou c , respectful, and ^f£ec:ionale. 



i26 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



Au insult to her, would be indignantly repelled by him, 
as he weli knows the pangs that gave him his timely birth. 

But Ike many other self-opinionated youths, he is slow 
in heeuuig iier aff jctionate and motherly counsels, which 
causes ner mucii anxiety for his future success in life! 

The mere mention of her one tooth excites an affection- 
ate smile, as he remarks, with that one tooth, she will do 
more effective and valuable chewing than all the great 
men and women in the nation without it; yet Dear Mother; 
she will find it extremely difficult to get along without the 
full set. As for myself, 1 hope and expect, in a short 
time, with my full set, to accomplish more than she has, 
or ever will accomplish in her whole laborious life time! 

At this time, the dreamer became exceedingly anxious 
to know the name previously selected for the child, so 
long before his birth? (As in the case of John and Christ.) 

1 he stranger instantly answered: his name should be 
called NATIONAL, as he would stand for no sect, class, 
or State; but for the entire NATION and the WORLD! 

Another question had here to be asked. What is his atti- 
tude towards the other numerous relorm parties of our 
country? Overhearing this question, the young giant 
threw wide open his arms, which extended fiom sea to sea, 
and from shore to shore; and w ih another seven thun- 
der voice exclaimed, ye sons and daughters of reform, 
ye veritable "salt of the Earth," why stand at swen's 
points battling against each other, and doing obeisance 
to the slayers of over one hundred thousand of our fel- 
low countrymen every year, while you compromise? 

Their votes and influence (jn mass,) you never have had, 
and never can or will obtain, until their gigantic weapon 
of destruction is wrenched from their blocdy hands and 
utterly destroyed. Let us be one in Christ Jesus, as 



V/OKDS OF GOOD CHEER. 127 



David and Jonathan were one: Thus united, 
what evil, cruelty, suffering- or oppression can 
stand before our mellowing*, melting* and healing- 
rays? At this juncture of excited admiration, the 
sleeper awoke, exclaiming*, I gfo for THE 
NATIONAL, I go for THE NATIONAL! 

If any of our readers fail to understand the 
interpretation of the above vision, let him send 
it to the Magicians and the wise men of the 
East, (many of whom are anxious to kill the 
young- child, as the Herods are not yet all dead!) 
and they will give a complete interpretation 
thereof, with probably, some sharp criticisms 
both upon the dream and the dreamer. 

OUR PURPOSE IN PRECEDING PAGES. 
It will readily be observed, that we have giv- 
en considerable attention to the political corrup- 
tion existing- in our own country, as a mere hint 
at the corrupt, gioomy, and black picture of 
the nations of the Earth; and at the same 
time g-ave some of the Reform Parties 'all the 
encourag-ement, and Words of Good Cheer that 
our time and space would permit. It will also 
be remembered that in preceding- chapters, we 
have noticed, that whatever value and genu- 
ine utility there may be, and is, atiached to the 



128 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



various Religious and Political Reforms, they 
have nevertheless been perfect failures in accom- 
plishing- the grand anl glorious object for which 
they were professedly originated; the renovation 
and purification of the nation, and the Earth. 
Yet we take much plea-ure in speeking words 
of good cheer, to all reformatory movements; 
knowing* that the God of Heaven is behind the 
screen in all those theoretical movements, fre- 
quently " making- the wrath of man to praise 
Him. " We intended to have given a short 
sketch on the various reform movements, but 
must leave the task for the future. 

A GREAT MISTAKE AND INCONSISTENCY. 

Nearly all the political reform parties of both 
the past and present, have made the great mis- 
take of their lives, in ignoring- the Liquor 
Question, with all its gig-antic trusts, political 
domineering, contaminating and demoralizing 
influences on the youth of our land, and its fi- 
nancial distruction of billions of dollars, and 
its well known impoverishing character, and its 
death dealing practice in the death of over one 
hundred thousand of the citizens of the United 
States alone, to say nothing of its damning 
work in all other countries in the world! 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 129 



We quote below but one example from the 
tens of thousands published in our daily and 
weekly journals, and from the hundreds of thous- 
ands never heard of by the general public. 



"A DRUNKEN ANARCHIST'S CRIME." 

"He Kills Six Members of His Family and 
Himself at Chicago. " 

"Chicago, Feb. 5. (1896.) An entire family 
father, mother, wife and three children, were 
murdered last night by Richard Klattke, a Lake- 
view carpenter, who completed the work by 
killing- himself. The dead are: Richard Klat- 
tke, carpenter, 39 years old; Kate Klattke, wife; 
Jno. Klattke, father, 73; Mina Wilhelmine, mo- 
ther-in-law, 71; Mina Klattke, daughter, 9; An- 
na Klattke, daughter, 8; Emma Klattke, daugh- 
ter, 7. The members of the Klattke family 
were found dead early this morning in their lit- 
tle cottage, at 207 Berskau avenue, two blocks 
from Cuyler station, a suburb of Chicago, on 
the Northwestern railroad, by Matthew Brown, 
a saloon keeper, (government agent!) who call- 
ed to secure the services of a carpenter. (No 
doubt in payment for the murder's whiskey. ) 

Each of the seven corpses hid a bullet wound 
in the head. . . .He had been drinking-." .... 



130 WORDS OF GOOD CREEK. 

THE DRINK QUESTION CANNOT BE 
IGNORED BY HONEST REFORM PARTIES. 

What lover of humanity, that can chearfully 
enact laws for the protection of dumb animals, 
can daily witness or read of those cruel massa- 
cres, and the wanton destruction of property, 
and deliberately ignore in his political platform, 
all refference to the legal prohibition of the 
liquor traffic as a beverage? Can true reformers? 

MOTHER AND SON, HONORABLE EXCEPTIONS. 

The Prohibition Party, and her beloved son 
NATIONAL, are the only political organiza- 
tions of our acquaintance that stand out boldly 
and defiantly for the utter destruction of the 
saloon, and the beverage drink practice. 

Family Re-union in GocPs Good Time. 

Why should the late disruption in the glorious 
old Prohibition Party, give grounds for regret? 

What mother ever mourns the birth of her first 
healthy son? The late Prohibition Mother will 
now be more healthy and vigorous than ever! and 
Young National, will do a work she could never 
do: At the supreme moment there will be a glo- 
rious family re-union, to the joy of the oppressed! 

A greatfulson, and loving mother, must embrace! 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 131 



NA TIONAL'S DUPLICA TE II ORK. 

While zealously laboring- for moral reforms 
and the utter destruction of the saloon and its 
concomitant evils, moral and political debauch- 
ery, the National party proposes to give full 
and unswerving- attention to the bread and but- 
ter, or financial interests of the couitrv, which 
for years have been cruelly outrag-ed and tram- 
pled under foot by th^ peoples traitorous ser- 
vants at Washing-ton. They are acting- on the 
principal of watching* while praying-; most beau- 
tifully illustrated by the example of the little 
innocent girl, who while saying- her prayers, had 
laid her bread and butter on one corner of the 
table, and while she was in deep devotion, her 
sister was about to pilfer her relished morsal, 
and at the opportune moment, the devoted child 
was heard to exclaim! O Lord, please excuse me 
a moment, Mary's getting my bread and butter! ' 

Having checkmated her thievish sister, she at 
once returned to her pious devotions. 

Who for a moment would* fail to commend th? 
wisdom or common sense of the little girl? Let 
no one think that God does or will, work miracles 
to supply us with bread and butter when we ne- 
glect the opportunities that are in our reach. 

While cheerfully acknowledging the Prohi- 



132 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



bition party, as Mother Prohibition; yet, we are 
very far from acknowledging- friend Dickey, The 
Voice of New York, or any other party dictators 
however highly esteemed, as " Mother of us all. " 
And while we are confident that the brave old 
party has acted unwisely in abandoning* so 
many of the important reform movements of the 
day; yet, there is no doubt, she will accomplish 
a work in the Divine purpose, that young* Nation- 
al cannot and will not accomplish. We could heart- 
ily wish her God speed, only for that IRREG- 
ULAR NEW SET OF TEETH! already quite 
visible, many of which are as e*ood and sound a> 
those recently extracted, as mentioned in the au- 
thor's political dream. The tooth most of all to be 
dreaded, is that big*, yellow, carniverous tooth, 
that is in such hig*h repute among* the g*old 
king's, and National bankers, and in company 
with the liquor traffic, has acted such a conspic- 
uous part in devouring* its millions both in 
Europe and America, and in every country where 
the single g*old standard is adopted! The ap- 
pearance of this new set of teeth is quite visible 
in the county and State reports of the Prohibition 
party; and in the letter of acceptance of their 
Presidential nominee, Joshua Levering, in which 
the yellow tooth is most conspicuous! 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 133 



NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES. 



While we commend the Prohibition party for 
its firm stand on the liquor question, and the 
National for its firm position on both the finan- 
cial, sufferage, referendum and liquor question, 
we fail to see the wisdom or true political phi- 
losophy of either of those parties of humanity, 
so nearly related; leaving- their own acknowledged 
and adopted field of noble labor, too espouse 
the cause of freesilver drunkard and murderer 
making- Democrats, freesilver murderer mak- 
ing - , Republicans, freesilver murderer making- 
Populists, and back-slidden, drunkard and mm- 
derer making Prohib's — for the sake of the little 
bread and butter they will ev^r get out of it; provi- 
ding the freesilver murder making combine for the 
present do triumph over the gold standard Repub- 
lican and Democratic murderer makers. 

DYNAMITE BOMBS. 

The only good purpose that such irreconcil- 
able conduct as above mentioned, could possibly 
serve, would be, to place dvmmite bombs in the 
bosom of that old sumptuary, stereotyped hide- 
bound, whiskey soaked Democratic par f y, for 
her political disintegration and utter extinction! 



134 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER. 



The complete disruption of the two eld par- 
ties, has long* been the devout prayer, not only 
of Prohibitionist?, but also of all true reformer*. 

Tho this old skin bottle^ (Democratic party") 
has never been stretched by either moral or 
political reforms, yet it has become so perfectly 
dried and hardened by corruption, class-ism and 
power, that if the new w'ne of reform, intro- 
duced by the Bryan element, Populists, and some 
help frou the Nationals and Prohibitionists, be 
once placed firmly under its foundation; we may 
exoect to hear a triumphant shout, echoing from 
sea to sea, and from shore to shore, <4 Babylon 
is fallen is fallen; Babylon is fallen too rise ro 
more." Old corrupt parties cannot stand th^ 
fomenting- and expansive power of leform and 
wholesome political doctrines. New wine will 
burst old bottles! The explosive power is abroad 
in the Earth, and all lands, and all man-made 
organizations, both political and religious, must 
feel its disintegrating influence sooner or later. 

But for the time being, young National, tho 
doomed to more or less disappointment with all 
others, stands ready to perform his God appointed 
work of gathering up the scattered fragments of 
all exploded old and new, drunkard and murder 
making political and religions parties! 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEEK. 135 



CHARITY AND FORBEARANCE, 
NOT ALWAYS VIRTUES. 

Sotre of our modest, charitable, and benevc^ent 
readers, may think, that whilst we so heartily 
commend the Prohibition and National parties, 
that we are altogether too hard on all others 
who stand for the licensing- and perpetuation of 
the liquor business and the saloon. Eut on this 
subject, we believe that patience and forbearance 
cease to be v : rtues! The United States is nothing- 
less than a nation of mt-rderer makers! with here 
and there a weeping- Jeremiah to exc-aim; <4 that 
my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of 
tears, thatl might weep day and cig-ht for the slain 
of the daughterof my peop'e!" And a few Isaiahs, 
who are exclaiming*, "The whole head is sick, 
and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the 
foot even unto the head there is no soundness 
in it! "-In proof of the preceding charges, allow 
us to give you the following headlines from a 
long and interesting article, clipped from an 
Eastern Weekly Journal. Startling Statements 
of Judge Parker, Who Has Presided at Nearly a 
Thousand Murder Trials Within a Quarter of a 
Century. Practically all of This Great Array 
of Murders Were Caused by Whisky, Said the 
Venerable Judge. 



136 WORDS OF GOOD CHEER, 



The truthfulness of the testimoney just rela- 
ted, can be verified by addressing Judge Isaac 
C. Parker, the Judge of the federal court 
for the Indian Territory and the western district 
of Arkansas. Let it be remembered, that this is 
the experience of but one Judge out of the tens 
of thousands of Judges in the United StatesI 

Who can deny that, every voter who gives 
his vote to a party that legalizes the rum 
traffic for beverage purposes, is a murderous 
criminal to the extent of all the murders commit- 
ed through the legalized sale of intoxicants? 

For the information and encouragement of all 
voters, who wish to sever their connection with 
their drunkard, criminal, ard murderer making 
parties; and who wish to affiliate themselves with 
a party that stands forth preeminently for 

" Liberty, Justice, and Equality;" 
we give in full, the platform of the National party 
asf olio ws, with one or two French radical planks. 



NATIONAL PARTT 
TICKET AND PLATFORM. 



For President, 
CHARLES EUGENE BENTLEY, 

Of Nebraska. 



WORDS OF GOOD CHEEH- 137 



For Vice- President, 

JAMES H. SOUTHGATF, 

Of North Carolina. 



PLATFORM 

The National party, recognizing God as the author of all 
just power in government, presents the following declara- 
tion of principles, which it pledges itself to enact into effec- 
tive legislation when given the power to do so: 
1. The suppression of the manufacture and sale, importa- 
tion, exportation and transportation of intoxicating liquors 
for beverage purposes. We utterly reject all plans for 
regulating, or compromising with this traffic, whether such 
plans be ca ! led local option, taxation, license or public 
control. The sale of liquors for medicinal and other le- 
gitimate uses should be conducted by the State, without 
profit; and with such regulations as will prevent fraud orevas- 

2. No citizen should be denied the right to vote on 
account of sex. 

3. All money should be isued by the general govern- 
ment, and without the intervention of any private citizen, 
corporation or banking institution. It should be based 
upon the wealth, stability and integrity of the Nation. It 
should be a full legal tender for all debts, public and pri- 
vate; and should be of sufficient volume to meat Wie de- 
mands of the legitimate business interests of the country. 
For the purpose of honestly liquidating our outstanding 
coin obligations, we favor the free and unlimited coinage 
of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, without 
consulting any other nation. 

4. Land is the common heritage of the people and 



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should be preserved from monopoly and speculation. 
All unearned grants of land, subject to forfeiture, should 
be reclaimed by the government and no portion of the 
public domain should hereafter be granted except to actual 
settlers, continuous use being essential to tenure. 

5. Railroads, telegraphs and other natural monopolies 
should be owned and operated by the government, giving 
to the people the benefit of service at actual cost. 

6. The national constitution should be so amended as 
to allow the national revenue to be raised by equitable ad- 
justment of taxation on the properties and incomes of the 
people, and import duties should be levied as a means of 
securing equitable commercial relations with other nations. 

T. The contract convict labor system, through which 
speculators are enriched at the expense of the State 
should be abolished. 

8. All citizens should be protected by law in their right 
to one day of rest in seven, without oppressing any who 
conscientiously observe any other than the first day of the w- 

9. The American public schools, taught in the English 
language, should be maintained, and no public fundi should 
be appropriated for sectarian institutions. 

10. The president, vice-president and United States sen- 
ators should be elected by direct vote of the people. 

11. Ex-so 1 .diers and siilors of the United States army 
and navy, their widows and minor children, should receive 
liberal pensions, graded on disability and term of service, 
not merely as a debt of gratitude, but for service rendered 
in the preservation of the union. 

12. Our immigration laws should be so revised ss to ex- 
clude paupers and criminals. None but citizens of the 
United States should be allowed to vote in any State, and 
naturalized citizens should not vote until one year after 
naturalization papers have been issued. 

13. The initiative and referendum, and proportional 
representation, should be adopted. 

14. Having herein presented our principles and 
purposes, we invite the co-operatien of all citizens who 
art, with us substantially agreed. 



SECOND VOLUMK 

In our next, or second volume, 

we hope to see Earth's Dark Picture 

entirely vanish, and a clear political and 

religious sky, with Sun, Moon and Stars 

unclouded, and no oppressive, intriguing* 

officials either in state or church, where Christ, 

the Son of Righteousness will reign supremely! 

SENT IN CONFIDENCE. 

Any one receiving this little work by mail 
unordered, will kindly examine its merits 
and favor the author with an honest 

opinion, whether favorable or otherwise. — 

REMITTANCE NO OFFENCE. 

Freely we Give, And Freely *we Receive. 

Friends to whom this little book may be sent 
without ordering, please remit to the author 25 
cts if you think it is worth that amount, if not 
please hand it to some one who will thus appre- 
ciate it. It has caused us much toil 
and hard study, and your small 
remittance will be thank- 
fully received. 
THE AUTHOR. 



NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES. 



See Matt. 9, 17. Mark 2, 22. "No man pnteth new wine, 
(advanced or reform teaching,) into old bottles. " 
(old stereotyped organizations or parties, as described below.) 



Protection for the rnii- 

lionuires and wealtny 

combines. 



Destruction must come 
come sooner 




\ Sound money for 

England, Wall street 

and Co. 



from without, but will 
or later. 



OLD REPUBLICAN PARTY. 



1 Else the new wine doth burst the bottles. 



Bryanism, Socialism, 
Prohibitionism, Popu- 
listism, Saloonism, 




Single-taxism, Silver-Re- 
publicanism, $1 000 000- 
000, Congress ! 



There is Death in | the Pot. " II. Kings 4, 40. 

OLD DEMOCRAT PARTY, 



But new wine must be put into new bottles. 



Prohibition. Govern- 
ment issue of all Money, 
Trie Initiative and Re- 
ferendum, Bi-metalisin, 
All Labor Protected, 



'No Harm iri 
NEW 




Intelligent Sufferage for 
all Citizens, Income-tax, 
Government Ownership 
cf all Natural Resources 
For The People. 



the Pot." II, Kings 4, 41. 
NATIONAL PARTY. 









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